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Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the actions of Donald Trump and his administration in the first 100 days of his second term, wreaking havoc on average Americans by invoking policies that hurt families in order to prioritize...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on national retailers to show the true cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs and highlighting the uncertainty and volatility they bring to American families and businesses. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor condemning Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office as “a hundred days from hell,” warning that Trump is not governing as the president of a democratic republic, but instead imposing his “Trumpian ethos”...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the chaos and damage inflicted on American families by Donald Trump and his administration as he approaches his 100th day in office. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Senator Durbin’s announcement of his retirement, and acknowledging his decades of service to the people of Illinois and America. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor, recounting the widespread frustration and economic anxiety he encountered from constituents during the state work period. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: For the last...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out Congressional Republicans for their dangerous agenda that prioritizes billionaires over American families and is extremely unpopular with the American people. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Donald Trump’s nonsensical tariffs that have put the U.S. economy in danger of a recession, wreaked havoc on the stock market, and risked draining hard-earned retirement savings while the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Donald Trump’s tariffs that have put the U.S. economy in danger of a recession, draining hard-earned retirement savings. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs, and make a recession more likely. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I would like to begin...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out Republicans’ unpopular and dangerous plan to enact tax cuts for billionaires by taking away Americans’ health care and slashing essential programs, urging them to tread carefully amid the...

Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Donald Trump’s Tariff Tax Raising Costs For American Families And Teeing Up A Recession Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the coordinated assault on Social Security by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Senate Republicans — an attack that is already hurting millions of Americans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling out Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration for their harmful and chaotic policies that are adding to the debt, while creating tax breaks for billionaires and paying for it by...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following the passage of the Senate Republicans’ budget which would gut essential programs and raise costs for the American people, all to provide a tax cut for billionaires. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor during the vote-a-rama on his amendment to the Senate Republican’s budget resolution, which would reverse Trump’s tariff tax if they cause an increase in costs of groceries, medicines, and everyday...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before the vote-a-rama on Senate Republicans’ budget resolution, announcing Democrats will bring forward amendments that would protect essential programs and reject billionaire tax cuts. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to further expose the real consequences of Donald Trump’s new wave of reckless tariffs on American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I thank my colleagues for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appeared on CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: Dana Bash: All right. Joining me now with a response to all of this from Capitol Hill is the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of tonight’s vote-a-rama to lay out how Senate Democrats will shine a light on the Republican budget resolution for what it is: a cruel, dangerous scheme to gut Medicaid, rip away health care from...