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Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming Senate Republicans for their refusal to stand up to Donald Trump and his highly unpopular war of choice and vote for a War Powers Resolution. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming Republicans for their inability to end the DHS shutdown. Leader Schumer called on Republicans to simply pass the twice-Senate-approved bipartisan bill to fund vital parts of the agency, instead...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming Donald Trump’s attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve by threatening to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell for not bending the knee to the requests of the President. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor highlighting Republicans’ failure to bring tax relief to the American people through their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” but instead making the economic burden worse for the working American through...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Senate Republicans to hold President Trump accountable for the costly war of choice in the Middle East by joining Senate Democrats in voting for today’s War Powers Resolution. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming House and Senate Republicans for their refusal to end the DHS shutdown, and instead dragging the Senate through an unnecessary reconciliation process, at the will of Stephen Miller and...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on President Trump and the GOP’s attempts to steal the midterm elections with the radical voter suppression legislation, the SAVE ACT. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor condemning President Trump for insulting Pope Leo following his Easter Sunday speech calling for peace. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Last night, Donald Trump...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming President Trump’s “Operation Epic Failure” in the Middle East, calling for Senate Republicans to take a stand a vote with Democrats for a War Powers Resolution. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming Republicans for their continued attempts to pass the SAVE Act, a radical voter suppression bill that will disenfranchise millions of voters. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Congressional Republicans for prolonging the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, as their internal divisions and deference to an unelected ideologue, Stephen Miller, have blocked bipartisan...

New York, N.Y. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a media availability to discuss the cost of Donald Trump’s War of Choice and announce that next week, Senate Democrats will force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to rein in Trump’s reckless military actions. Below is a...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor after the Senate passed funding for parts of the Department of Homeland Security, implementing the Senate Democrats’ plan to pay our TSA workers, Coast Guard, and more while holding the line against funding...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor slamming Republicans for their attempts to disguise radical voter suppression legislation as simple voter ID policy. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Today, Senate...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke at a spotlight forum, co-hosted by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, on the importance of clean energy to reduce costs for American families....

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), at the League of Conservation Voters Capital Dinner, unveiled Senate Democrats’ plan to cut American families’ energy costs as Trump’s war in Iran and assault on clean energy sends energy prices soaring. Electricity prices have...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Republicans to vote with Democrats to overturn the new rule from the IRS that raises costs on electricity for Americans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor urging Republicans to work with Democrats to reopen DHS and pay TSA agents for their hard work, while still reforming ICE with common-sense guardrails. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans’ plans to pass the radical voter suppression legislation, the SAVE Act, through the reconciliation process, stating that Democrats will fight it every step of the way. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor ahead of a vote to reassert congressional authority over the ability to go to war and rein in Trump’s chaotic military actions in Iran. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: This war has dragged on for...