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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Trump’s long list of unqualified and radical judicial nominees. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Later today, President Trump will give remarks...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor, calling on Republicans to examine the facts in the House impeachment inquiry, the need to protect whistleblowers amid calls from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and President Trump to disclose the IC whistleblower’s...

Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s hall-of-mirrors approach to legislating and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, and called on Republicans to quit their theatrics and examine the facts in the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) made the following remarks on a press call today with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the Alliance for Justice, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and American Federation Of Teachers  ahead of the Judiciary...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, the Senate vote to overturn the Trump administration’s rule to push forward junk health care plans, and the all-Senators briefing from members of the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY),  Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) held a press call today ahead of the vote Senate Democrats are forcing on a resolution to roll back the Trump administration’s rule to promote junk insurance...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans’ hall-of-mirrors approach to legislating and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, the upcoming Senate vote to overturn the Trump...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor on the passing of former Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina. Senator Schumer also spoke about President Trump neglecting to notify Congressional leaders of U.S. operations to eliminate ISIS Leader Abu Bakr...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke at the Statuary Hall ceremony to honor Congressman Elijah Cummings as his body lies in the United States Capitol Building. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: In his first speech in Congress, Elijah...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to seek the facts in the House impeachment inquiry following the explosive testimony of Ambassador Taylor and the need for the Trump administration to respond to congressional subpoenas. Senator...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor calling for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the president’s decision to abandon the U.S.’s Kurdish allies in Syria, a vote on which was blocked by Senate...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, called for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the president’s decision...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, called for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the president’s decision...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, called for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the president’s decision...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, called for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the president’s decision...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today went to the Senate floor to make a unanimous consent request to hold a vote on H.J.Res. 77, a bipartisan, bicameral House-passed resolution opposing President Trump’s recent and disastrous decision on Syria. Republican...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and the need for a bipartisan appropriations process, and calling for the Senate to take up and pass the bipartisan House-passed resolution condemning the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need to hold a Senate vote on the House-passed resolution to condemn the president’s reckless decision-making on Syria and around the world; Senate Democrats’ plan today to use Congressional...

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor to honor and mourn the passing of House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings. Below are his remarks, which can also be found here: “We woke up this morning to learn with profound sadness that our friend...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging Senate Republicans to fairly judge the findings of the impeachment inquiry; how President Trump’s reckless decisions regarding our Kurdish allies puts American lives in danger; the need for Senate...