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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Trump’s statements insulting Democratic Congresswomen at his rally in North Carolina last night,  the Senate’s failure to pass the 9/11 Victim Fund legislation due to Sen. Rand...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today blasted Republican Senator Rand Paul’s objection to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) request for the Senate to pass the House-passed 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Legislation. In his remarks, Schumer urged Senate...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the passing and legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens and Leader McConnell’s refusal to act on climate change, health care, voting rights, and other critical legislation, turning the Senate into a...

Schumer Floor Remarks Urging Sen. McConnell To Bring The House-Passed 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Legislation To The Senate Floor ASAP    Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging Sen. McConnell to hold a vote in the Senate on the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Republicans’ failure to condemn President Trump’s statements insulting Democratic Congresswomen. Below are his remarks, which can also be found here. Well Mr. President, over the weekend,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding President Trump’s attempts to create an executive order to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a new report that the president is ordering ICE to resume plans to carry out mass deportation...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding a new report of sexual assault and inhumane treatment of migrant children at Arizona border stations, the White House’s social media summit, today’s all-Senator briefing on election security and...

Washington, D.C. – Today, on the day of oral arguments in the Trump administration-backed Texas v. U.S. lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit Court—Republicans’ latest assault on our health care law—Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats showed the faces of...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Megan Rapinoe’s acceptance of his invitation for the USWNT to visit the U.S. Senate, the beginning of oral arguments in Texas v. United States today, the need for action on election security, and...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today on the Senate floor called for Secretary Acosta’s resignation, urged the DOJ’s office of Professional Responsibility to make public the results of its review of Acosta’s handling of the Epstein case, and demanded...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Texas v. United States, the increasingly disturbing situation at border facilities and President Trump’s awful record on the environment. Below are his remarks which can also be found here. Tomorrow...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today during remarks on the Senate floor, invited the United States Women’s National Soccer Team to the United States Senate to celebrate their historic and inspiring victory in the 2019 Women's World Cup. Leader Schumer also...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor urging the Senate to vote yes on the Iran amendment to the NDAA and calling on President Trump to stay tough in his G-20 meetings with President Putin and President Xi Jinping. Below are his remarks which can also be...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Leader McConnell’s commitment to move legislation to reauthorize the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund before the August recess, his commitment that the Senate would vote on the Iran amendment to the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need for Senator McConnell to commit to hold a stand-alone vote on 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund legislation, the need for a vote on an amendment to the NDAA concerning possible conflict with Iran,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need for Senator McConnell to commit to hold a stand-alone vote on 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund legislation, escalating tensions with Iran, and the need for a discussion about commonsense policy...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding escalating tensions in Iran, the need for at least a debate on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, his request to for an investigation into the Trump Administration’s delay in putting Harriet Tubman on...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the chaos within the Trump Administration – in its border policy, its foreign policy and the Trump Administration itself – his support for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Trump administration’s plan to send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, Senate Democrats’ common sense policies to handle the humanitarian crisis at our southern border, and the need...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the need for legislation that makes it a presidential campaign’s legal duty to report to the FBI when a foreign power offers assistance. Below are his remarks which can also be found here. I want to...