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Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate passing bipartisan legislation that will help provide firefighters across the country with the resources they need. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I’m...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on President Biden’s announcement of an executive action on expanding legal protections for the spouses of American citizens to keep families together. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on President Biden’s announcement of an executive action on expanding legal protections for the spouses of American citizens to keep families together. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on advancing the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act in the Senate and on Senate Republicans’ recent votes against legislation to protect access to contraception and IVF ahead of the two-year anniversary of...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor urging his Republican colleagues to support a federal ban on bump stocks following the recent MAGA Supreme Court decision that overturned regulations on bump stocks that were put in place during the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act and on Senate Republicans’ recent votes against legislation to protect access to contraception and IVF. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be...

New York, NY – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement regarding the House passage of this year’s NDAA: “For more than 60 years, Democrats and Republicans have worked in good faith to pass the NDAA. The Senate’s defense authorization process has always been...

New York, NY – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement following the passage of this year’s NDAA in the Senate Armed Services Committee: “Democrats have led the way in ensuring our military is the best trained and best equipped fighting force in the world....

New York, NY – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after the Supreme Court overturned the ban on bump stocks: “The far-right Supreme Court continues their unprecedented assault on public safety by reversing the commonsense guidance issued in 2018 by the...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on CNN’s OutFront to address Republicans voting to block the Right to IVF Act earlier today. Erin Burnett: And now, as promised, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is here for an exclusive conversation. So Senator, I just...

New York, NY – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after the confirmation of all three nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): “This week, the Senate protected access to affordable, reliable, and safe energy for all Americans. “The...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Right to IVF Act. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: Today, senators face a very simple question: do you agree Americans should have access to...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on today’s vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Right to IVF Act. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: For years, as the hard-right had set their sights on Roe v....

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the on the reported meeting today between the former president and the Senate Republican conference. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Later this afternoon, Senate...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the necessity of passing bipartisan legislation addressing artificial intelligence. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Artificial intelligence is already reshaping our...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to preserve access to Mifepristone, a safe and reliable abortion medication. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Mifepristone is a...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the disturbing acts of antisemitic vandalism committed at the homes of leadership of the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I come to the...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the reported meeting today between Speaker Johnson and the Senate Republican conference.  Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Later today, Senate Republicans will meet...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the upcoming vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the Right to IVF Act, which establishes a nationwide right to IVF and eliminates barriers for the millions of families looking to use IVF to...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Nova Music Festival Exhibition on the events of October 7th and condemned antisemitic rhetoric seen at protests in New York City. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...