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Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on filing cloture to put the Senate on the path to repeal the 2002 and 1991 Iraq AUMFs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: A few moments ago, we entered into an agreement that puts...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the House Republicans doubling down on their debt ceiling brinkmanship in the aftermath of shocks to the banking system. 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 the progress being made to repeal the 2002 and 1991 Iraq AUMFs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Negotiations to reach a deal on AUMF...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on Senate and House Republicans doubling down on their embrace of MAGA extremism. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: At the start of this Congress, I...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on yesterday’s vote to move forward with the repeal of the 2002 and 1991 Iraq AUMFs. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Two...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on House Republicans recklessly threatening default and again demanded that Republicans show the American people their plan. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern, and Jennifer Homendy, the National Transportation Safety Board Chair, coming before the Senate Commerce Committee to testify in the...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on the CEO of Norfolk Southern and the chair of the NTSB to provide transparency and commit to action to strengthen rail industry safety during tomorrow’s Commerce Committee...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor applauding the Biden Administration’s proposed rules aimed at guarding and supporting American chip production increased as result of the CHIPS and Science Act. Below are Senator...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding H.R. 1, the energy package introduced by the House Republicans. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday, the UN International...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on bipartisan support to repeal the AUMFs of 2002 and 1991. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Today, the Senate begins debate on a resolution...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on H.R. 1, the House Republicans’ newly released Big Oil wish list masquerading as an energy package. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Israel approving export licenses for anti-drone jamming systems that could help Ukraine counter Iranian drones used by Russia. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor calling on Sanofi to lower their price of insulin. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: The exponential spike in the cost of insulin is one of the most...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on today’s Senate votes on the nomination of Jessica Clarke to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the U.S. Senate voting on legislation to repeal the Iraq AUMFs of 1991 and 2002. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Almost twenty years to the day...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on tomorrow’s vote to repeal the Iraq AUMFs of 1991 and 2002. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday, we took a very important procedural...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor denouncing hard right Republicans siding with Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. 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 on the Republicans’ unserious energy bill H.R.1 and the need to pass bipartisan permitting reform. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Today,...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on his letter to National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homendy, urging her to investigate the safety practices all seven Class I freight railroads, following the...