The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
CHARLES SCHUMERUnfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
CHARLES SCHUMERI’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
CHARLES SCHUMERBut these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
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 SCHUMERWhether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
CHARLES SCHUMERBigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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 SCHUMERI’d like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
CHARLES SCHUMERWhat I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn’t cost that much.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe highest priority you can have is education.
CHARLES SCHUMERDemocrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they’re going to repeal. They don’t know what to replace it with.
CHARLES SCHUMERWe’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
CHARLES SCHUMERThe greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
CHARLES SCHUMER