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The economic chaos of the Trump administration means nothing is safe – not even your summer plans. Thanks to the Trump tariff tax, and Musk and DOGE cuts and layoffs, everything about our lives is more expensive and more stressful. Massive DOGE cuts to public lands staff are wreaking havoc on our...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Adam Schiff sent the following letter to the National Association of Attorneys General urging them to investigate...

“It is unconscionable that as American families are concerned about their financial security during this economic crisis entirely manufactured by the President, insiders may have actively profited from the market volatility and potentially perpetrated financial fraud on the American...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement on the confirmation of General Dan Caine to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “I remain outraged about the decision to abruptly dismiss General CQ Brown in the middle of his tenure as...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on U.S. consumer sentiment plummeting as a result of Donald Trump’s reckless trade war and economic chaos: “Today’s terrible consumer confidence number is further evidence of the Trump Slump and...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement demanding that Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reveal the backroom deal they made with the Republican conference to pass the budget...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and CHC Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-NY13) today announced that the Senate and House will reintroduce the Roberto Clemente Commemorative Act to the 119th Congress. The text of the bill can be viewed here: This legislation would direct...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after House passage of the SAVE Act, which would disenfranchise American citizens, stymie free and fair elections, and fan the flames of election denialism: “Trump and Congressional Republicans...

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) alongside Senators Gillibrand (D-NY), Hirono (D-HI), and Kim (D-NJ) held a press conference to address President Trump driving up costs for American families and decimating seniors’ retirement funds with a nonsensical and ill-conceived...

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...

President Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail, “We got to take care of our veterans” and “I will put veterans first.” Yet his team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has slashed the federal workforce, firing up to 6,000 veteran workers and decimating staff at the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tonight joined Brianna Keilar on CNN’s The Source to discuss President Trump’s disastrous tariff tax and Republican divisions on their unpopular agenda. Below is a full transcript of Senator Schumer’s interview: Brianna Keilar: Leader,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Vice President JD Vance’s false and inflammatory claims about Social Security, warning that Republican leaders are engaging in a coordinated campaign of disinformation to undermine the...

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Democrats wrote a letter to Speaker Johnson demanding the House take up the bipartisan, Senate-passed legislation that would end the misguided trade war with our longtime ally, Canada, and ease some of the economic turmoil American...

Washington, D.C. – Leader Schumer, along with Senate Democrats, released the following report on how President Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are cutting the Department of Veterans Affairs to the bone. President Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail, “We got to take care of our veterans” and “I...

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,...