Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Today’s Senate Vote To Advance The Laken Riley Act
Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to announce that he will vote to advance the Laken Riley Act later today, urging Leader Thune to allow debate and amendments on the bill. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:
This afternoon, the Senate is going to hold its first procedural vote on the Laken Riley Act.
I expect that this bill will have enough votes from both parties to proceed. If we get on the bill, Democrats want to have a robust debate where we can offer amendments and improve this bill.
On the first day of the 119th Congress, my good friend, Republican Leader Thune, said he wants to make the Senate a place “where all members should have a chance to make their voices…heard.”
Well, this bill would be a fine place to start. We should allow debate and amendments on the bill. This is an important issue. We should have a debate and amendments, that is why I am voting yes on the motion to proceed.
To remind my colleagues, this is not a vote on the bill itself. This is a motion to proceed, a vote that says we should have a debate, and should have amendments.
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