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Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Biden Administration’s announcement of new tariffs to confront the CCP’s unfair trade practices and protect the American economy. 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 on the two year anniversary of the racially motivated mass shooting that claimed ten lives at a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, NY. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Two...

New York, N.Y. – Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a press call to applaud the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) transmission rules announced today. These rules, which Leader Schumer relentlessly advocated for strengthening, are essential to the clean energy revolution envisioned...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the final vote to pass the FAA reauthorization bill. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks: After months of painstaking work, the FAA Reauthorization has passed in the Senate today. Aviation safety...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on a new CBO report which shows that extending the full 2017 Republican tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the deficit, and how Democrats are working to create a fair and equal tax code that works for...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on three months since Republicans blocked serious bipartisan legislation to secure our border after those same Republicans demanded action on the border. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the floor on tomorrow’s deadline for FAA reauthorization and the need to continue working in a bipartisan basis to avoid a lapse.  Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks which can also be viewed here: Later today, the Senate...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer today spoke at SCSP’s AI Expo for National Competitiveness with Washington AI Network Founder Tammy Haddad in a wide-ranging interview on artificial intelligence legislation, competition with the Chinese Communist Party, election concerns, and...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Senate efforts to reach Friday’s impending deadline to reauthorize FAA, to ensure safety for travelers and federal workers . Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on Republicans’ continued attacks on reproductive freedom and the right to choose. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Just when we thought Republicans’ anti-choice rhetoric couldn’t get more...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on three months since Republicans blocked serious bipartisan legislation to secure our border after those same Republicans demanded action on the border. 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 tremendous impact of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act as a new report shows that the United States will triple in domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity in less than a decade. Below are...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the progress the Senate has made toward FAA reauthorization and urged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle to prioritize reaching an outcome. 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 on MAGA Republicans’ culpability in the current crisis at the border and their refusal to work bipartisan to pass the bipartisan border bill. 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 on the need to combat antisemitism and reiterated his message from his major address on antisemitism last year that we must repudiate hate. 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 to emphasize the importance of protecting Social Security and Medicare. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday, a new report showed the strengths of Social Security...

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to emphasize the importance of protecting Social Security and Medicare. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here: Yesterday, a new report showed the strengths of Social Security...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor regarding Republicans’ role in overturning Roe and their responsibility for abortion bans across the country. Leader Schumer stressed that Republicans who forced the overturn of Roe are responsible for...

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the gross practice of judge shopping, calling on Congress to exercise its legislative oversight authority over the courts to ensure that the federal judiciary is committed to equal justice under law....

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the unveiling of the 2024 farm bill by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks which can also be viewed here: I would like...