Newsroom
SPEECHES

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Donald Trump’s nonsensical tariffs that have put the U.S. economy in danger of a recession, wreaked havoc on the stock market, and risked draining hard-earned retirement savings while the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to denounce Donald Trump’s tariffs that have put the U.S. economy in danger of a recession, draining hard-earned retirement savings. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs, and make a recession more likely. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I would like to begin...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to call out Republicans’ unpopular and dangerous plan to enact tax cuts for billionaires by taking away Americans’ health care and slashing essential programs, urging them to tread carefully amid the...

Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Donald Trump’s Tariff Tax Raising Costs For American Families And Teeing Up A Recession Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump’s ill-conceived and chaotic trade war, which will raise costs for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn the coordinated assault on Social Security by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Senate Republicans — an attack that is already hurting millions of Americans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling out Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration for their harmful and chaotic policies that are adding to the debt, while creating tax breaks for billionaires and paying for it by...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following the passage of the Senate Republicans’ budget which would gut essential programs and raise costs for the American people, all to provide a tax cut for billionaires. Below are Senator Schumer’s...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor during the vote-a-rama on his amendment to the Senate Republican’s budget resolution, which would reverse Trump’s tariff tax if they cause an increase in costs of groceries, medicines, and everyday...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before the vote-a-rama on Senate Republicans’ budget resolution, announcing Democrats will bring forward amendments that would protect essential programs and reject billionaire tax cuts. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to further expose the real consequences of Donald Trump’s new wave of reckless tariffs on American families. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I thank my colleagues for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appeared on CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: Dana Bash: All right. Joining me now with a response to all of this from Capitol Hill is the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. Senator Schumer,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of tonight’s vote-a-rama to lay out how Senate Democrats will shine a light on the Republican budget resolution for what it is: a cruel, dangerous scheme to gut Medicaid, rip away health care from...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor at the start of debate of Senate Republicans’ budget resolution that will allow for tax cuts for the ultra-rich at the expense of American families by eviscerating vital programs such as Medicaid. Below...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to decry Republicans’ dangerous plan to enact permanent tax cuts for billionaires by slashing essential programs, increasing the national debt at the expense of American families. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor following Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day,” where he unveiled a reckless and misguided new tariff plan that is the largest tax hike on middle-class families since World War II, forcing working families...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Donald Trump destroying the American economy with his ill-conceived and chaotic tariffs, which will raise costs on American families, to pay for a tax cut for the ultra-wealthy. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to condemn Secretary Kennedy’s firing of staffers at the World Trade Center Health Program, and called on him to answer for and reverse this betrayal of 9/11 families and first responders who rely on...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to warn Senate Republicans against bypassing the Senate parliamentarian to hide the true cost of their tax breaks for billionaires. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to applaud Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) for his record-breaking, 25 hour floor speech fighting for American families against the injustices of the Trump administration. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...