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Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on his letter to Capitol One and Discover on their potential multi-billion dollar merger and called for the companies to share information on the merger with the American people.  Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate agenda and Republicans’ decision to delay transmission of the articles of impeachment for Secretary Mayorkas. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: As we enter...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans’ culpability in the overturning of Roe and Republican attempts to hide from their record of trying to strip abortion rights. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the urgent need for the House to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion and defend democracy. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Not a generation ago, the thought...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the announcement of President Biden’s new plans to cancel student debt for 30 million Americans, combatting the student debt crisis that disproportionally affects communities of color. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the urgent need for the House to take action and provide critically needed support for Ukraine. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Seven hundred seventy-five days since...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on historic investments made possible by the CHIPS and Science Act and other vital legislation passed by Senate Democrats and on the significant economic progress made under the leadership of President...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans’ culpability in the overturning of Roe and Republican attempts to hide from their record of trying to strip abortion rights. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on President Biden and Secretary Raimondo announcing a preliminary agreement to use incentives made possible by his CHIPS and Science Act to support a more than $65 billion investment in American chip...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the announcement of President Biden’s new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Since the day the President...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Northern District of Texas refusing to abide by the Judicial Conference’s judge shopping reforms and called on Congress to consider legislation to end judge shopping. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on his letter to Capital One and Discover on their proposed merger, an unprecedented multi-billion dollar deal that could risk higher costs for Americans in the long run. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Taliban detention of Ryan Corbett for more than 600 days and announced he is introducing a resolution with Leader McConnell calling for his immediate and unconditional release. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate’s immediate legislative priorities, including the need to provide crucial aid to Ukraine by passing the national security supplemental in the House. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement applauding President Biden’s new plan to provide debt relief to another 29.5 million student loan borrowers. "Since the day President Biden took office, I have urged him to do everything in his power...

Washington, D.C. - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent letters to Capital One and Discover regarding their proposed $35 billion merger to better understand the potential anticompetitive effects of such a deal.  This weekend, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sent letters to Richard...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement to remember the hostages who are still being held on the six month anniversary of the brutal attack by Hamas on Israel: “It has been six months since Hamas’s horrific and brutal attack on Israel on...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on Democrats’ continuing efforts to cancel student loan debt for the American people: "Growing student loan debt is holding back greater growth in our country, especially for communities of color....

Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent the following Dear Colleague letter outlining his plan for the next work period and the coming weeks, including continuing our work to confirm President Biden's qualified nominees, pushing the House to act on the bipartisan Supplemental and get...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s historic investments to expand clean energy and climate solutions, lower energy costs, and create jobs all across the country, made possible by the Inflation...