Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Opposing The Nomination Of Ultra-Right Project 2025 Author Russell Vought For OMB Director

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to warn Americans of the dangers of OMB Director nominee Russell Vought’s ultra-right Project 2025 agenda, as Democrats continue to speak on the Senate floor in opposition to Vought’s policies . Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

This morning, it is not business as usual on the Senate floor.

Russell Vought is not a business as usual nominee. He is one of the most fringe and hard-right individuals the Senate has seen in a very long time

For the last twenty hours, virtually every single Democrat has come to the floor of the Senate to tell the American people how bad Russell Vought will be for them and to sound the alarm on Russell Vought.

We were here all day yesterday, we were here all last night, we are here today.

And we will be here throughout the day to let the American people know exactly what’s about to happen if Russell Vought is confirmed.

He’s the chief architect of Project 2025. He is going to make Project 2025 the official policy of the federal government. And at the OMB, he has the power to implement it, to hurt every American.

Whether it's Medicare or Medicaid, Social Security, whether it's owning a home, helping afford a home, whether it's help for schools, for Head Start, for veterans, you name it. If you look at Project 2025, they want to slash so many of those things to bits. And here you have the wrong man – Russell Vought – in the wrong place, OMB, with the wrong philosophy, Project 2025. It's unfortunately three times as bad. Wrong man, wrong place, wrong philosophy. And deeply, deeply wrong.

His policies will hurt children; his policies will hurt seniors; his policies will hurt veterans.

And I say to our Republican colleagues, you will regret your vote on Mr. Vought because he will do such harm to the American people, and you will hear about it day in and day out. But don't say we didn't warn you. Don't say we didn't let you know.

We've been on the floor for now close to 24 hours. We'll be on the floor close to 30 hours, the maximum we're allowed, to tell America from one end to the other that this man is dangerous – not just abstractly, not just in terms of Democrat or Republican – but in terms of how average people lead their lives and how we can make their lives better.

Just imagine what will happen if Russell Vought and DOGE team up, as they seem to be doing, to eradicate funding they allege is wasteful.

Imagine what the awful combination of Mr. Vought and DOGE together would mean for kids who struggle to get a good meal at school, for veterans who need help with health care, for parents who struggle to pay for groceries, for couples looking to buy a home.

Confirming the most radical nominee, who has the most extreme agenda, to the most important agency in Washington, triple-header of disaster for hardworking Americans. Again, wrong person, wrong ideas, wrong place to be to put those horrible ideas into effect.

So, we are going to keep going, and going and going for these 30 hours, because we know how bad this nominee is.

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