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Jan. 7, 2020 Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - After Quakes, Lawmakers Push HUD on Previous Puerto Rico Aid Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "American troops remain in harm's way. The nuclear ambitions of Iran have been reignited. Fight against ISIS has been compromised. Our allies in the region are under greater threat. All is NOT well." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 7, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense, and General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Durbin, Senate Dems Demand Answers From Defense Department On Number Of Troop Deployment To Middle East Following Recent Strike Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: It's past time for @HUDgov to finally, finally disburse the $8.3 billion in disaster aid we allocated for Puerto Rico nearly two years ago. With the looming threats of more earthquakes and aftershocks, our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico need action NOW." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Sen. McConnell's plan just kicks the can down the road Many Republicans won't say if they're for documents & witnesses because they're afraid of Pres. Trump but know their constituents want a fair trial We'll force votes to put Republicans on record: They can run but can't hide" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats will force votes to put Republicans on the record. A trial isn't a trial without evidence. A trial without all the facts is a farce. If Senate Republicans vote to prevent witnesses and documents, Americans will see it as a large and awful cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "If any Senate Republican votes to prevent witnesses and documents from coming before the Senate: The American people will see that they are part of a cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "My thoughts are with our fellow American citizens in Puerto Rico affected by a recent spate of earthquakes. We must do everything possible to help the response and recovery effort, including prompt federal disaster aid." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Make no mistake: on the question of witnesses and documents, Republicans can run, but they can't hide. There will be votes to call the four witnesses we've proposed and subpoena the documents we've identified. America will be watching what the Republican Senators do." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump does not have authority for a war with Iran. There are important pieces of legislation by Senators Kaine and Sanders to assert our constitutional role in war and peace. They must receive a vote on the Senate floor." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "How can Senate Republicans oppose issuing subpoenas to the four witnesses and documents we have requested without looking like they're participating in a cover-up?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "To Senate Republicans, Make no mistake: There will be votes on whether to subpoena the documents we've identified and to call the four witnesses we've proposed: Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffey, and Blair. Will you support a fair trial, or a Senate-sponsored cover-up?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Congress must provide a check on President Trump and assert our constitutional role in war and peace. President Trump does not have authority for a war with Iran. I plan to fight him tooth and nail on this and intend to support the efforts of Senators Kaine, Sanders, and more." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has yet to make one single argument why the witnesses we proposed should not testify and the documents we've identified should not be presented. Not one single argument. I'm waiting to hear it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Schumer meets with MLB commissioner Manfred to urge preservation of Upstate NY Minor League teams; senator pushes to save the future of baseball in New York Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump has promised to keep us out of endless wars in the Middle East. But his actions have seemingly increased the risk we could be dragged into such a war. It's indicative of his foreign policy record, riddled by chaotic, uninformed, and impulsive decision-making." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "No hate. No fear. Our Jewish families are welcome here. @JCRCNY, @ADL_NYNJ, @AJCGlobal, @UJAFedNY, the New York Board of Rabbis, and people of all faiths: I'm so proud of everyone who organized and marched yesterday against anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred. #JewishAndProud" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: Immediately declassify the War Powers Notification you sent to Congress. It is critical that national security matters of such import be shared with the American people. There appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this notification." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Menendez and Schumer Call on President Trump to Declassify War Powers Act Notification Letter Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I am proud to march with people of all faiths in New York today to say in a united voice: No Hate. No Fear. We will not stand for anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "We must work together to stand up to anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred. I am so grateful to the people of all faiths who came to march in New York today to say: No Hate. No Fear. Our Jewish families are welcome here." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's erratic decision-making is risking American safety at home and abroad. Because of his actions, our military is now having to halt operations against ISIS. We need Congress to be a check on President Trump." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump seems hell bent on starting another endless war in the Middle East. He does not have the authority to do so. I plan to fight him tooth and nail on this and intend to support the efforts of Senators Kaine, Sanders, and others. Congress must assert its authority." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "These are four witnesses to the main charge--that President Trump withheld the aid to benefit himself Mulvaney. Bolton. Duffey. Blair. We need these witnesses & the documents we requested We need the truth. Not a cover-up. Not a nationally televised mock trial with no evidence." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I'm concerned President Trump's impulsive foreign policy is dragging America into another endless war in the Middle East that will make us less safe. Congress must assert itself. President Trump does not have authority for war with Iran." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The American people deserve a fair trial. If four Republican Senators can join us, we can get the witnesses and documents we requested. You can't have a fair trial without documents and witnesses." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 4, 2020 Tweet - "Soleimani is gone - Good Riddance. But Trump promised to stop failed conflicts and cowboy diplomacy in the region. Did he LIE again? The reckless policies of the administration may plunge America into the mother of all wars in the Middle East. And that would be a disaster." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 4, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans, ask yourselves: Would @realDonaldTrump block the release of these emails if he had nothing to hide? Of course not." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Meng Statement on Killing of Qasem Suleimani Rep. Grace Meng
Jan. 3, 2020 Kathleen Rice, Elected Officials Pledge Action to Combat Anti-Semitic Violence Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
Jan. 3, 2020 Meeks Issues Statement on Suleimani Strike Rep. Gregory Meeks
Jan. 3, 2020 Gillibrand Statement On Unauthorized Military Action Against Iran Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The President has spent years telling Americans not to believe the Intelligence community. He just lit a stick of dynamite in a volatile region based on information he claims to have received from that same Intelligence community. You can't have it both ways Donald." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 3, 2020 Stefanik Statement on Decisive US Mission re: Soleimani Rep. Elise Stefanik
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has been unable to make one argument--one single argument--as to why these witnesses and these documents should not be part of a trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Stefanik Statement on FEMA Denial of Individual Assistance to Flood Victims Rep. Elise Stefanik
Jan. 3, 2020 Representative Adriano Espaillat statement on killing of Qasem Soleimani Rep. Adriano Espaillat
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has been clear and vocal that he has no intention to be impartial in this process. Thankfully, the rules of the impeachment trial will be determined by the majority of Senators in this chamber, not by Senator McConnell alone." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tonko Statement on Trump Administration Airstrike in Iraq Rep. Paul Tonko
Jan. 3, 2020 Iran Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The White House is now openly defying a federal court order to release emails between key players in the Trump-Ukraine scandal. President Trump: If you're listening, release the emails! What are you so afraid the American people will see?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump does not have the authority for a war with Iran. This action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war, the kind of endless war he promised not to drag us into. Congress & the American people need answers from the Administration immediately" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "A report about newly-unredacted emails exposed serious concerns by Admin officials on Pres. Trump's decision to delay military aid to benefit himself These developments are a devastating blow to Sen. McConnell's push to have a trial without documents & witnesses we've requested" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Impeachment Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Governor Cuomo Signs the New York Call Center Jobs Act Rep. Tim Kennedy, ...
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "The American people deserve a fair trial that gets to the truth. Not a rigged process that enables a cover-up." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "That Michael Duffey said there was "clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold' only further implicates President Trump. It underscores the need for the Senate to subpoena the witnesses and documents we've requested at the onset of a Senate trial." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "39 GOP Senators just said they want to overturn a woman's right to make her own health care decisions. That's why I joined 196 Democrats to urge the Supreme Court to protect women and NOT legitimize efforts to pass laws creating significant burdens with no medical benefit." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
Jan. 7, 2020 Letter to Ben Carson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development - After Quakes, Lawmakers Push HUD on Previous Puerto Rico Aid Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "American troops remain in harm's way. The nuclear ambitions of Iran have been reignited. Fight against ISIS has been compromised. Our allies in the region are under greater threat. All is NOT well." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 7, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Defense, and General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Durbin, Senate Dems Demand Answers From Defense Department On Number Of Troop Deployment To Middle East Following Recent Strike Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: It's past time for @HUDgov to finally, finally disburse the $8.3 billion in disaster aid we allocated for Puerto Rico nearly two years ago. With the looming threats of more earthquakes and aftershocks, our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico need action NOW." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Sen. McConnell's plan just kicks the can down the road Many Republicans won't say if they're for documents & witnesses because they're afraid of Pres. Trump but know their constituents want a fair trial We'll force votes to put Republicans on record: They can run but can't hide" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Democrats will force votes to put Republicans on the record. A trial isn't a trial without evidence. A trial without all the facts is a farce. If Senate Republicans vote to prevent witnesses and documents, Americans will see it as a large and awful cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "If any Senate Republican votes to prevent witnesses and documents from coming before the Senate: The American people will see that they are part of a cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "My thoughts are with our fellow American citizens in Puerto Rico affected by a recent spate of earthquakes. We must do everything possible to help the response and recovery effort, including prompt federal disaster aid." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "Make no mistake: on the question of witnesses and documents, Republicans can run, but they can't hide. There will be votes to call the four witnesses we've proposed and subpoena the documents we've identified. America will be watching what the Republican Senators do." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 7, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump does not have authority for a war with Iran. There are important pieces of legislation by Senators Kaine and Sanders to assert our constitutional role in war and peace. They must receive a vote on the Senate floor." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Letter to the Honorable Mark A. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection - Jayapal, DelBene, Murray, Cantwell Lead Letter To DHS Demanding Answers On Iranian Americans Being Detained At Border Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "How can Senate Republicans oppose issuing subpoenas to the four witnesses and documents we have requested without looking like they're participating in a cover-up?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "To Senate Republicans, Make no mistake: There will be votes on whether to subpoena the documents we've identified and to call the four witnesses we've proposed: Mulvaney, Bolton, Duffey, and Blair. Will you support a fair trial, or a Senate-sponsored cover-up?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Congress must provide a check on President Trump and assert our constitutional role in war and peace. President Trump does not have authority for a war with Iran. I plan to fight him tooth and nail on this and intend to support the efforts of Senators Kaine, Sanders, and more." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has yet to make one single argument why the witnesses we proposed should not testify and the documents we've identified should not be presented. Not one single argument. I'm waiting to hear it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Schumer meets with MLB commissioner Manfred to urge preservation of Upstate NY Minor League teams; senator pushes to save the future of baseball in New York Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump has promised to keep us out of endless wars in the Middle East. But his actions have seemingly increased the risk we could be dragged into such a war. It's indicative of his foreign policy record, riddled by chaotic, uninformed, and impulsive decision-making." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "No hate. No fear. Our Jewish families are welcome here. @JCRCNY, @ADL_NYNJ, @AJCGlobal, @UJAFedNY, the New York Board of Rabbis, and people of all faiths: I'm so proud of everyone who organized and marched yesterday against anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred. #JewishAndProud" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 6, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump: Immediately declassify the War Powers Notification you sent to Congress. It is critical that national security matters of such import be shared with the American people. There appears to be no legitimate justification for classifying this notification." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Menendez and Schumer Call on President Trump to Declassify War Powers Act Notification Letter Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I am proud to march with people of all faiths in New York today to say in a united voice: No Hate. No Fear. We will not stand for anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "We must work together to stand up to anti-Semitism, bigotry, and hatred. I am so grateful to the people of all faiths who came to march in New York today to say: No Hate. No Fear. Our Jewish families are welcome here." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump's erratic decision-making is risking American safety at home and abroad. Because of his actions, our military is now having to halt operations against ISIS. We need Congress to be a check on President Trump." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump seems hell bent on starting another endless war in the Middle East. He does not have the authority to do so. I plan to fight him tooth and nail on this and intend to support the efforts of Senators Kaine, Sanders, and others. Congress must assert its authority." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "These are four witnesses to the main charge--that President Trump withheld the aid to benefit himself Mulvaney. Bolton. Duffey. Blair. We need these witnesses & the documents we requested We need the truth. Not a cover-up. Not a nationally televised mock trial with no evidence." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "I'm concerned President Trump's impulsive foreign policy is dragging America into another endless war in the Middle East that will make us less safe. Congress must assert itself. President Trump does not have authority for war with Iran." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 5, 2020 Tweet - "The American people deserve a fair trial. If four Republican Senators can join us, we can get the witnesses and documents we requested. You can't have a fair trial without documents and witnesses." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 4, 2020 Tweet - "Soleimani is gone - Good Riddance. But Trump promised to stop failed conflicts and cowboy diplomacy in the region. Did he LIE again? The reckless policies of the administration may plunge America into the mother of all wars in the Middle East. And that would be a disaster." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 4, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans, ask yourselves: Would @realDonaldTrump block the release of these emails if he had nothing to hide? Of course not." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Meng Statement on Killing of Qasem Suleimani Rep.Grace Meng
Jan. 3, 2020 Kathleen Rice, Elected Officials Pledge Action to Combat Anti-Semitic Violence Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
Jan. 3, 2020 Meeks Issues Statement on Suleimani Strike Rep.Gregory Meeks
Jan. 3, 2020 Gillibrand Statement On Unauthorized Military Action Against Iran Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The President has spent years telling Americans not to believe the Intelligence community. He just lit a stick of dynamite in a volatile region based on information he claims to have received from that same Intelligence community. You can't have it both ways Donald." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
Jan. 3, 2020 Stefanik Statement on Decisive US Mission re: Soleimani Rep.Elise Stefanik
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has been unable to make one argument--one single argument--as to why these witnesses and these documents should not be part of a trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Stefanik Statement on FEMA Denial of Individual Assistance to Flood Victims Rep.Elise Stefanik
Jan. 3, 2020 Representative Adriano Espaillat statement on killing of Qasem Soleimani Rep.Adriano Espaillat
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell has been clear and vocal that he has no intention to be impartial in this process. Thankfully, the rules of the impeachment trial will be determined by the majority of Senators in this chamber, not by Senator McConnell alone." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tonko Statement on Trump Administration Airstrike in Iraq Rep.Paul Tonko
Jan. 3, 2020 Iran Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "The White House is now openly defying a federal court order to release emails between key players in the Trump-Ukraine scandal. President Trump: If you're listening, release the emails! What are you so afraid the American people will see?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump does not have the authority for a war with Iran. This action may well have brought our nation closer to another endless war, the kind of endless war he promised not to drag us into. Congress & the American people need answers from the Administration immediately" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Tweet - "A report about newly-unredacted emails exposed serious concerns by Admin officials on Pres. Trump's decision to delay military aid to benefit himself These developments are a devastating blow to Sen. McConnell's push to have a trial without documents & witnesses we've requested" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 3, 2020 Impeachment Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Governor Cuomo Signs the New York Call Center Jobs Act Rep.Tim Kennedy, ...
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "The American people deserve a fair trial that gets to the truth. Not a rigged process that enables a cover-up." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "That Michael Duffey said there was "clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold' only further implicates President Trump. It underscores the need for the Senate to subpoena the witnesses and documents we've requested at the onset of a Senate trial." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 2, 2020 Tweet - "39 GOP Senators just said they want to overturn a woman's right to make her own health care decisions. That's why I joined 196 Democrats to urge the Supreme Court to protect women and NOT legitimize efforts to pass laws creating significant burdens with no medical benefit." Sen.Chuck Schumer
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