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June 24, 2020 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook - Casten Calls on Mark Zuckerberg to Address Civil Rights Issues on Facebook Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 24, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $7 million in emergency federal funding for Tompkins County transportation services Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "Today, Sen. McConnell wanted the Senate to move forward on the GOP's so-called policing reform bill. But it doesn't fully ban chokeholds or no-knock warrants. It does nothing to stop racial profiling, or reform use of force standards and qualified immunity. We need REAL reform!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "In the rush to get this issue off of their backs, Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans put forward an inadequate bill today that was designed to fail. Democrats are fighting for bold, comprehensive policing reform bill that will stop police killings of Black Americans." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Civil rights groups--the noble guardians of these issues for generations, who want nothing more than to see meaningful legislation--are urging the Senate to reject the Republican proposal." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Duckworth Joins Van Hollen, Colleagues in Call for Robust Funding for Background Checks, Gun Safety in Next COVID-19 Relief Package Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Civil rights leaders have spoken. Now is not the time for Republicans' watered down, inadequate bill. Now is time to pass Democrats' #JusticeInPolicing Act--a comprehensive overhaul of our policing system--and put an end to the killings of Black Americans." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Demand Justice Reforms in Wake of Brutal Police Killings Across the Country Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, ...
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Herrera Beutler, Jayapal Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging President to Use Defense Production Act to Spur PPE Production Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with our postal workers and @APWUnational . It is past time for Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans to put the Heroes Act on the Senate floor to help postal workers and so many other Americans fight this health and economic crisis." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Warren Leads Colleagues Questioning DOJ Office's Decision to Reopen Immigration Courts and Resume Hearings Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: The Senate GOP bill fails to establish meaningful accountability for police. It is deeply flawed and not salvageable. We need REAL reform. From Senator Booker, Senator Harris, and me:" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - In New Letter To McConnell, Sens. Booker, Schumer, Harris Say Senate GOP Policing Bill Is Threadbare And Not Salvageable; Dems Demand Bipartisan Talks To Get To A Constructive Starting Point Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Should police officers be held accountable if they violate Americans' Constitutional rights? The Senate GOP bill is silent. Racial profiling? Independent investigations? Use of force standard? Silent, silent, silent. The Democrats' #JusticeInPolicing Act achieves REAL reform." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate GOP bill would not even completely ban the type of brutal tactics that led to George Floyd's death when a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Breonna Taylor, a first responder, was asleep in her bed in Louisville, Kentucky when she was killed by police executing a no-knock warrant. But the Senate Republican bill does not ban no-knock warrants. It does not limit no-knock warrants. It only calls for more data." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "The lawyer for the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor believes the Senate Republican bill is completely inadequate, "lip service," can hardly be thought of as legislation. How does Senator Mitch McConnell respond to that charge?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "To Senate Republicans: Instead of pressing forward with an inadequate bill that's designed to fail, let's pursue a path that will produce real, meaningful policing reform. We must pass a bill that will stop police killings of Black Americans." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Chokeholds aren't a joking matter. The fact that they're joking about chokeholds instead of actually banning them shows that the Republicans never took this seriously." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Senate Agriculture Committee Urges Secretary Perdue to Extend WIC Flexibilities Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is so consumed with his own ego that he's downplaying the numbers and inventing ridiculous excuses for why COVID-19 has come roaring back in certain areas. It's hard to imagine a more haphazard, less focused, less consistent response from an administration." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Velázquez Bill Would Impose New Standards, Penalties for Police Abuses Rep. Nydia Velázquez
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Amid nationwide protests for racial justice: Senator McConnell is pushing Cory Wilson--a judge with a hostile record on voting rights--to serve a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Disgraceful. We need judges who are committed to protecting Americans' voting rights." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Senator Mitch McConnell: Stop the confirmation of Cory Wilson. America is engaged on a national conversation on combatting racial inequality. But Wilson has supported restrictive voting measures that disproportionately harm minority voters!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell needs to stop the confirmation of Cory Wilson. Wilson once called the concerns of African American citizens and community advocates on the effects of voter ID laws "poppycock". We need to fight for Americans' voting rights!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Dept. of State, and the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the Dept. of Defense - Leading Senate Democrats Question Legality of Trump Administration's Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans' plan to undermine our democracy: Make it harder to vote. Confirm judges who want to gut voting rights protections--like Cory Wilson. Spread lies and misinformation like this garbage." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility must investigate why President Trump and Attorney General Barr fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman and whether he was removed for partisan political purposes, retaliation, or to influence an investigation." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Feinstein, Schumer, Klobuchar Call on McConnell to Cancel Vote on Nomination Of Cory Wilson To The Fifth Circuit Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
June 21, 2020 CNN "State of the Union with Jake Tapper" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "It's June 21, and the Trump admin is still sitting on nearly $14 billion we fought to provide for testing & tracing And now he's admitted he directed officials to slow testing to keep case numbers low when there's a spike in COVID-19 cases in many states!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "We are in the midst of a national reckoning on race. The world's eyes are upon us. Doesn't matter. The police brutality continues. Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act immediately." Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Judiciary Committee must hold a hearing to take Geoffrey Berman's testimony. We must know the roles President Trump, Attorney General Barr, and anyone else played in the plot to oust U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump just admitted that he directed officials to slow testing. And even though there's a spike in COVID-19 cases in many states: The Trump administration still hasn't yet spent nearly $14 billion we fought to provide for testing and tracing!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Barr seems panicked and unusually sloppy in his actions. Something very deeply wrong must be going on, and we must get to the bottom of it." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is putting a face to the 140 million Americans living in poverty. We will not stop fighting for them. We will not stop fighting to end poverty and systemic racism and injustice in America. Thank you to @UniteThePoor and @RevDrBarber :" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Donald Trump is a liar. Bill Barr is a liar. There's not a single word either man says that we can trust. We must get to the bottom of this." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The Department of Justice Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility must immediately launch an investigation into the reasons behind the decision by President Trump and Attorney General Barr to attempt to dismiss Geoffrey Berman." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Jay Clayton can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere in investigations by the U.S. Attorney for SDNY, or he can stand up to this corruption, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his own reputation from overnight ruin." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Bill Barr's Purported Firing of SDNY Prosecutor Rep. Jerry Nadler
June 19, 2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, and Charles Rettig Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Cortez Masto Leads Push To Ensure Survivors Of Domestic Violence Can Access Their Economic Impact Payment Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2020 Rep. Meeks Introduces Bill Requiring Wall Street Disclosures of Bonds Relating to Police Brutality Rep. Gregory Meeks
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process. What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this U.S. Attorney or one that is ongoing?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce nearly $300k in funding for tribal communities during the COVID-19 health crisis Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is threatening peaceful protestors standing up for justice. Disgusting." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This #Juneteenth, I'm proud to join the first Faith for Black Lives #JusticeConGAC with the @AllenCathedral . Now is the time to act boldly, to commit ourselves to justice, to bringing real change to police departments nationwide, to confronting racism in every aspect of society." Sen. Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "Juneteenth commemorates the moment some of the last slaves in the nation learned that they were free. But we are still fighting to fulfill the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation. This #Juneteenth, we commit ourselves to acting boldly for justice. #BlackLivesMatter" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
June 24, 2020 Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook - Casten Calls on Mark Zuckerberg to Address Civil Rights Issues on Facebook Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ...
June 24, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce over $7 million in emergency federal funding for Tompkins County transportation services Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "Today, Sen. McConnell wanted the Senate to move forward on the GOP's so-called policing reform bill. But it doesn't fully ban chokeholds or no-knock warrants. It does nothing to stop racial profiling, or reform use of force standards and qualified immunity. We need REAL reform!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 24, 2020 Tweet - "In the rush to get this issue off of their backs, Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans put forward an inadequate bill today that was designed to fail. Democrats are fighting for bold, comprehensive policing reform bill that will stop police killings of Black Americans." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Civil rights groups--the noble guardians of these issues for generations, who want nothing more than to see meaningful legislation--are urging the Senate to reject the Republican proposal." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Duckworth Joins Van Hollen, Colleagues in Call for Robust Funding for Background Checks, Gun Safety in Next COVID-19 Relief Package Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Civil rights leaders have spoken. Now is not the time for Republicans' watered down, inadequate bill. Now is time to pass Democrats' #JusticeInPolicing Act--a comprehensive overhaul of our policing system--and put an end to the killings of Black Americans." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General - Congressmen Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) Demand Justice Reforms in Wake of Brutal Police Killings Across the Country Rep.Hakeem Jeffries, ...
June 23, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump, President of the United States - Herrera Beutler, Jayapal Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging President to Use Defense Production Act to Spur PPE Production Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "We stand with our postal workers and @APWUnational . It is past time for Senator McConnell and Senate Republicans to put the Heroes Act on the Senate floor to help postal workers and so many other Americans fight this health and economic crisis." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Warren Leads Colleagues Questioning DOJ Office's Decision to Reopen Immigration Courts and Resume Hearings Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell: The Senate GOP bill fails to establish meaningful accountability for police. It is deeply flawed and not salvageable. We need REAL reform. From Senator Booker, Senator Harris, and me:" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Letter to Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - In New Letter To McConnell, Sens. Booker, Schumer, Harris Say Senate GOP Policing Bill Is Threadbare And Not Salvageable; Dems Demand Bipartisan Talks To Get To A Constructive Starting Point Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Should police officers be held accountable if they violate Americans' Constitutional rights? The Senate GOP bill is silent. Racial profiling? Independent investigations? Use of force standard? Silent, silent, silent. The Democrats' #JusticeInPolicing Act achieves REAL reform." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate GOP bill would not even completely ban the type of brutal tactics that led to George Floyd's death when a police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Breonna Taylor, a first responder, was asleep in her bed in Louisville, Kentucky when she was killed by police executing a no-knock warrant. But the Senate Republican bill does not ban no-knock warrants. It does not limit no-knock warrants. It only calls for more data." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "The lawyer for the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor believes the Senate Republican bill is completely inadequate, "lip service," can hardly be thought of as legislation. How does Senator Mitch McConnell respond to that charge?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "To Senate Republicans: Instead of pressing forward with an inadequate bill that's designed to fail, let's pursue a path that will produce real, meaningful policing reform. We must pass a bill that will stop police killings of Black Americans." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 23, 2020 Tweet - "Chokeholds aren't a joking matter. The fact that they're joking about chokeholds instead of actually banning them shows that the Republicans never took this seriously." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 MSNBC "The Rachel Maddow Show" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Senate Agriculture Committee Urges Secretary Perdue to Extend WIC Flexibilities Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is so consumed with his own ego that he's downplaying the numbers and inventing ridiculous excuses for why COVID-19 has come roaring back in certain areas. It's hard to imagine a more haphazard, less focused, less consistent response from an administration." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Velázquez Bill Would Impose New Standards, Penalties for Police Abuses Rep.Nydia Velázquez
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Amid nationwide protests for racial justice: Senator McConnell is pushing Cory Wilson--a judge with a hostile record on voting rights--to serve a lifetime appointment on the federal bench. Disgraceful. We need judges who are committed to protecting Americans' voting rights." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Senator Mitch McConnell: Stop the confirmation of Cory Wilson. America is engaged on a national conversation on combatting racial inequality. But Wilson has supported restrictive voting measures that disproportionately harm minority voters!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Senator McConnell needs to stop the confirmation of Cory Wilson. Wilson once called the concerns of African American citizens and community advocates on the effects of voter ID laws "poppycock". We need to fight for Americans' voting rights!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Dept. of State, and the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the Dept. of Defense - Leading Senate Democrats Question Legality of Trump Administration's Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "Republicans' plan to undermine our democracy: Make it harder to vote. Confirm judges who want to gut voting rights protections--like Cory Wilson. Spread lies and misinformation like this garbage." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Tweet - "The DOJ Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility must investigate why President Trump and Attorney General Barr fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman and whether he was removed for partisan political purposes, retaliation, or to influence an investigation." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 22, 2020 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader - Feinstein, Schumer, Klobuchar Call on McConnell to Cancel Vote on Nomination Of Cory Wilson To The Fifth Circuit Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
June 21, 2020 CNN "State of the Union with Jake Tapper" - Transcript Interview with Jerry Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "It's June 21, and the Trump admin is still sitting on nearly $14 billion we fought to provide for testing & tracing And now he's admitted he directed officials to slow testing to keep case numbers low when there's a spike in COVID-19 cases in many states!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "We are in the midst of a national reckoning on race. The world's eyes are upon us. Doesn't matter. The police brutality continues. Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act immediately." Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "The Senate Judiciary Committee must hold a hearing to take Geoffrey Berman's testimony. We must know the roles President Trump, Attorney General Barr, and anyone else played in the plot to oust U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 21, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump just admitted that he directed officials to slow testing. And even though there's a spike in COVID-19 cases in many states: The Trump administration still hasn't yet spent nearly $14 billion we fought to provide for testing and tracing!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Bill Barr seems panicked and unusually sloppy in his actions. Something very deeply wrong must be going on, and we must get to the bottom of it." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The #PoorPeoplesCampaign is putting a face to the 140 million Americans living in poverty. We will not stop fighting for them. We will not stop fighting to end poverty and systemic racism and injustice in America. Thank you to @UniteThePoor and @RevDrBarber :" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Donald Trump is a liar. Bill Barr is a liar. There's not a single word either man says that we can trust. We must get to the bottom of this." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "The Department of Justice Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility must immediately launch an investigation into the reasons behind the decision by President Trump and Attorney General Barr to attempt to dismiss Geoffrey Berman." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Tweet - "Jay Clayton can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere in investigations by the U.S. Attorney for SDNY, or he can stand up to this corruption, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his own reputation from overnight ruin." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 20, 2020 Chairman Nadler Statement on Bill Barr's Purported Firing of SDNY Prosecutor Rep.Jerry Nadler
June 19, 2020 Letter to Steven Mnuchin Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury, and Charles Rettig Commissioner Internal Revenue Service - Cortez Masto Leads Push To Ensure Survivors Of Domestic Violence Can Access Their Economic Impact Payment Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2020 Rep. Meeks Introduces Bill Requiring Wall Street Disclosures of Bonds Relating to Police Brutality Rep.Gregory Meeks
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process. What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this U.S. Attorney or one that is ongoing?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Schumer, Gillibrand announce nearly $300k in funding for tribal communities during the COVID-19 health crisis Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "President Trump is threatening peaceful protestors standing up for justice. Disgusting." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "This #Juneteenth, I'm proud to join the first Faith for Black Lives #JusticeConGAC with the @AllenCathedral . Now is the time to act boldly, to commit ourselves to justice, to bringing real change to police departments nationwide, to confronting racism in every aspect of society." Sen.Chuck Schumer
June 19, 2020 Tweet - "Juneteenth commemorates the moment some of the last slaves in the nation learned that they were free. But we are still fighting to fulfill the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation. This #Juneteenth, we commit ourselves to acting boldly for justice. #BlackLivesMatter" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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