The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
CHARLES SCHUMERPeople are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
CHARLES SCHUMERAn economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who’s on minimum wage.
CHARLES SCHUMERIn today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
CHARLES SCHUMERI want to attract the best people into teaching.
CHARLES SCHUMERNo one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn’t give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.
CHARLES SCHUMERGiving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
CHARLES SCHUMERIn a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
CHARLES SCHUMERIf you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
CHARLES SCHUMERIdeological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.
CHARLES SCHUMERWhen one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
CHARLES SCHUMERWe’re here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
CHARLES SCHUMERCrime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
CHARLES SCHUMERLet me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.
CHARLES SCHUMERI’m strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
CHARLES SCHUMER