Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Ahead Of President Biden’s Address To The Nation This Evening

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on President Biden’s patriotic decision to pass the torch at the end of his term, which he will address tonight, and on the Trump agenda being put forward as Project 2025. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Tonight, President Biden will address the nation on a most solemn matter: his decision – his generous and wonderful decision – to pass the torch at the end of this term, and his vision for the future of America.

President Biden’s decision to stand down from a second term in office will go down as one of the greatest acts of patriotism of any president in our long, storied United States history. To pass the torch is one of the hardest decisions possible for someone whose life has been entirely about leadership, but he did it because he believed it was the right thing to do for the country he loves so much.

Nevertheless, tonight I expect President Biden to remind the American people that one thing hasn’t changed: right now our democracy stands at a crossroads. And we, all of us, have a lot of work left to do.

Democrats want to keep America moving forward with greater hope and opportunity for everybody.

Republicans, on the other hand, are hell-bent on taking our country backwards with chaos, with dysfunction.

If anyone needs a clearer contrast between the Democrats’ and the Republicans’ visions for America, just take a look at the latest Trump Plan proposed by the very conservative – the arch conservative – Heritage Foundation.

The more the American people learn the details about Project 2025, the more trouble Donald Trump is going to have.

Let me say that again: the more the American people learn the details about Project 2025, the more trouble Donald Trump is going to have.

The Trump Plan calls for the most conservative agenda in American history, chock full of radical MAGA proposals that are way out of line with the mainstream.

While Democrats are focused on protecting reproductive rights and a woman’s right to choose, the Trump Plan lays the groundwork for a national abortion ban.

While Democrats are focused on providing student debt relief to millions of borrowers, the Trump Plan calls for defunding the Department of Education.

While Democrats are focused on creating jobs and making our tax code fairer for working families, the Trump Plan calls for more tax cuts for the very wealthy, the corporate elites, the mega-corporations.

While Democrats are focused on tackling climate change and lowering energy costs, the Trump Plan would gut our clean energy investments, empower the nation’s biggest oil and gas producers, and throw thousands and thousands who are now in good-paying jobs out of work.

The list goes on and on and on, but the bottom line is this: America cannot afford four years of the Trump Plan. It would be dangerous for our democracy, disastrous for our economy, horrible for the average American family, and downright destructive for the progress we’ve made in the last four years.

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