Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Senate Democrats’ Commitment To Fighting For American Families

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor to discuss how Senate Democrats have fought to protect the interests of American people through the increased costs, chaos, and corruption of the second Trump administration. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

For two years, Democrats fought fiercely to protect the interests of the American people, while Senate Republicans fought tooth and nail to shield Donald Trump.

We all knew how disastrous this president would be. We set out to expose how Trump and his party were hurting the American people and we would do everything we could to stop them.

We fought to lower the skyrocketing costs of Trump's economy - the cost of food, the cost of housing, the cost of energy, the cost of groceries, the cost of gasoline. Republicans pushed policies to drive those costs up.

We exposed Trump for his unprecedented corruption. Republicans aided and abetted his grifts every step of the way.

We worked relentlessly to control Trump's chaos that we see every day. Republicans encouraged him as he spiraled out of control.

Later today, I'll talk more about how Senate Democrats have worked together to block the worst Trump's GOP had to throw at the American people.

Now, of course, there's still a lot of work remaining to see America through the storm this administration has unleashed, but Senate Democrats are well-positioned to stand up for the American people with the same devotion, cooperation, and discipline we showed these past two years.

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