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Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the House Republicans’ radical plan to institute a national sales tax. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: On the...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the legislation passed by House Republicans to help wealthy tax cheats and corporations and their plan to vote on a 30% national sales tax. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Republicans threatening a default crisis, calling on House Republicans to live by their own rules and bring a debt ceiling bill to the floor. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the importance of continuing the fight for abortion rights following the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: On...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor in response to MAGA Republicans holding the full faith and credit of the United States hostage, risking the financial well-being of millions of Americans. Leader Schumer called on House...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following this weekend’s tragic shooting in Monterey Park, California. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Today, the thoughts of the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today on the debt limit and MAGA Republicans threatening to stop paying America’s bills: “This is not complicated: if the MAGA GOP stops paying our nation’s bills, Americans will...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today on the debt limit: “America pays its debts. Period. There should be no political brinkmanship with the debt limit. It’s reckless for Speaker McCarthy and MAGA Republicans to try...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released this statement following a letter sent by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen indicating that the U.S. will reach the statutory debt limit and begin extraordinary measures next...

Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sent the following letter to Senate Democrats on continuing to work in a bipartisan way in the 118th Congress. In his Dear Colleague letter, Senator Schumer says he hopes the non-MAGA Republicans will reject the extremists in their party and...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today on the extreme MAGA Republican agenda put forward during the House GOP’s first week: “Americans should look at how extreme the House Republicans have become as they undercut...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today before the MAGA Republican controlled House votes on anti-choice bills this week: “These bills are doomed in the Senate. American women deserve to have their right to healthcare...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement tonight after the House of Representatives took up their first legislation that would cut billions of dollars of Internal Revenue Service funding and undercut the Inflation Reduction Act. “The...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement tonight after the House of Representatives voted to elect Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House: “Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s dream job could turn into a nightmare for the American people....

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today on the two year anniversary of the violent attack on the Capitol: “Today marks 2 years since a violent mob of insurrectionists — sanctioned by the former President —descended...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today after the FTC proposed a new rule to ban noncompete clauses: “The FTC is finally tearing up the noncompete clauses that hold American workers hostage for decades. These noncompete...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement today after Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced her intention not to seek re-election in 2024: “No one embodies the true Michigan spirit more than Debbie Stabenow. From the state...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the beginning of the 118th Congress and the opportunity to build on the successes of the previous Congress. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: This is a joyful...

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Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, which the Senate agreed to as an amendment to the omnibus by a vote of 93-4. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: I want to thank Senator...