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Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor before the Senate successfully voted to avoid an unnecessary government shutdown. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: Tonight, the American people can sleep easier knowing we have avoided an unnecessary...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke at a press conference with Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NY), House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) to introduce legislation to extend vital ACA subsidies passed in the Inflation Reduction...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor as the Senate prepares to depart for recess in October, and reflected on Senate Democrats’ accomplishments over the last two years, including confirming over 210 federal judges, passing a landmark national...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke the Senate floor on reaching a bipartisan agreement to pass the government funding bill today without poison pill amendments, ensuring American families will not face the disruptions of an unnecessary government shutdown....

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on reaching a crucial agreement to pass the government funding bill tomorrow without amendments, ensuring American families will not face the disruptions of an unnecessary government shutdown. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the devastating impact of MAGA Republicans’ abortion laws, including the death of a Georgia woman, and laid out Senate Democrats’ efforts to act on legislation to prevent tragedies like this from...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for bipartisan action to avoid a government shutdown. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Both parties in both chambers continue the work to avoiding a...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor condemning the hard-right for their continued undermining of reproductive rights, warning that their agenda—including abortion bans and harmful proposals from Project 2025—poses a serious threat to women's...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor after Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan, bicameral funding agreement, and urged his colleagues to reject partisan demands and continue working in good faith to avoid a government shutdown. Below...

New York, N.Y. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after Congress reached a bipartisan funding agreement following days of negotiations, and urged both sides to continue working in good faith to avoid a government shutdown. “Over the past 4 days,...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to honor Hispanic Heritage Month. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: I’d like to wish my colleagues and Americans everywhere a happy Hispanic Heritage Month, which began on...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need to avoid a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday afternoon, to the surprise of virtually no one, Speaker...

Yesterday was a sad day in the Senate as Republicans – for the second time this year – blocked legislation to protect families’ access to IVF. By voting against IVF, Republicans confirmed many Americans’ worst fear: Project 2025 is alive and well when it comes to reproductive rights. Senate...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on former president Donald Trump insisting that he will reverse the cap on state and local tax deduction that he signed into law in 2017. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor about the need to quickly pass mandatory funding to ensure that veterans have the benefits they need in October. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Last night, the House...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for a bicameral, bipartisan basis to avoid a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: We have less than two weeks now...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of a Senate vote to advance the Right to IVF Act, which would protect American families’ access to in vitro fertilization. Senate Republicans blocked the legislation from moving forward. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the vote later today to reconsider cloture on the motion to proceed to the Right to IVF Act, which would protect American families’ access to IVF. 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 about the need to pass a bipartisan CR and keep the government funded and avoid a government shutdown.. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: The clock is ticking for Congress...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on today’s vote to confirm Kevin Ritz to be Circuit Court Judge for the Sixth Circuit. If confirmed, Judge Ritz will be the 210th judge confirmed under President Biden's administration. Below are Senator...