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Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "I heard from more than 120 orgs urging the Senate to consider #WhatsAtStake in our health care system w/ the Kavanaugh #SCOTUS nomination. We must protect pre-existing condition protections, access to contraception, & other important health care rights. https://familiesusa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Sign-On_SCOTUS_Health_Care_Stakes_8-14-18.pdf …" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 12, 2018 Tweet - "If the tiny portion of Judge Kavanaugh's record that has been made public seems unrevealing, it's because those docs have been cherry-picked by his former deputy, a long-time political operative. Congress--and the public--still have seen no records from the National Archives. 1/2" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans' mad rush to hold this hearing after unilaterally deciding to block nearly all of Judge Kavanaugh's records from public release is further evidence they are hiding important information from the American people, & continues to raise the question, #WhatAreTheyHiding?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, Republican obstruction of Kavanaugh's record gets worse and worse. Not only is a massively conflicted Republican lawyer, who previously worked for Judge Kavanaugh, cherry-picking what documents the Senate Judiciary Committee can see... 1/2" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler Rep. Jerry Nadler
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh himself said his time as Staff Secretary was "formative" & "instructive" to him as a judge--and Republicans won't agree to even review those docs." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "And your process for getting the tiny % of Kavanaugh's WH documents you have actually requested is being led by a lawyer who not only has a partisan history--the American people learned this weekend that he used to report to Kavanaugh in the White House!" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "Chairman Grassley, as you will recall, I opposed Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the DC Circuit in 2006 because I believed he was a political operative not suited for the bench. Given what we have learned since that time, I still believe that today." Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "We learned yesterday that the Republican operative who is screening Judge Kavanaugh's records actually worked for him in the White House--and didn't disclose it to anyone. An unbelievable conflict of interest. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are making an unprecedented effort to keep hidden Judge Kavanaugh's records from the American public, and even the large majority of Senators. This is a new and astonishing level of secrecy. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "What is @SenateGOP trying to hide in Kavanaugh's record? To go to such lengths to deny simple documents really makes people ask: what are they hiding? What are they afraid of? Why can't we have impartial access to docs as we did for Justices Kagan and Sotomayor? #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Nomination of Britt Grant Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's ringing endorsement of Britt Grant's record may serve as a window into his own judicial philosophy. It makes you wonder: what, exactly, does Judge Kavanaugh agree with her on?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "As staff secretary, Brett Kavanaugh likely oversaw President Bush's controversial signing statements on torture. By his own account, he was involved in Pres. Bush's decision to select a Supreme Court Justice. There is just no good reason to leave out records from this period." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "We don't know what Brett Kavanaugh knew about President Bush's efforts to override a torture ban - and that's just one of many issues. This is a why Republican efforts to hide Judge Kavanaugh's documents from his time as Staff Secretary are so wrong. What else are they hiding?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "This deliberately selective request leaves out what may be the most important thing in Judge Kavanaugh's record: his time as White House Staff Secretary. What are Republicans hiding in Judge Kavanaugh's record?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Congress Members Demand Hearing on 3-D Printed Guns Settlement Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 26, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "When Elena Kagan was nominated eight years ago, even though Democrats were in the Majority and the Republicans the minority, Chairman @SenatorLeahy joined with Republicans to request all of Elena Kagan's records from her time in the White House." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Kavanaugh's time as Staff Secretary made him a "better interpreter of statutes." Those are his own words. How could seeing his records from that period be a waste of time when there is so much at stake? #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 26, 2018 Rosen Leads Introduction of House Resolution to Defend Constitutionality of Pre-Existing Conditions Protections Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "But Judge Kavanaugh himself said that his years as staff secretary were "among the most instructive"- aren't those papers important enough for the Senate to see?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 25, 2018 Nadler-Blumenthal Statement on "Emolument" Ruling in DC and Maryland v. Trump Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "#SCOTUS justice is one of the most important positions in the world, and certainly in America. Shouldn't we know everything about the nominee? Not just some of the stuff the White House wants us to know, but everything." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 24, 2018 Statement of Ranking Member Nadler for the Hearing on "Examining the Wayfair Decision and its Ramifications for Consumers and Small Businesses" Rep. Jerry Nadler
July 24, 2018 Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Nadler, Hearing on Examining the Wayfair Decision and its Ramifications for Consumers and Small Businesses Rep. Jerry Nadler
July 23, 2018 Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Ronald Vitiello, Deputy Director and Acting Director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Hon. James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Velázquez and Serrano Press ICE/EOIR on Cancellation of In-Person Hearing for Detained Immigrants Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate & the American ppl deserve to know where Judge Kavanaugh stands on a host of issues. Given the hearing process for Supreme Court nominees, Judge Kavanaugh's papers might be the best & only way to judge what kind of a Justice he might be. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "Question of the day: If Kavanaugh would have let Nixon off the hook, what is he willing to do for President Trump? #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 22, 2018 Tweet - "It's also confounding that the common thread thus far in the cases Kavanaugh is willing to openly criticize is their relation to presidential power & accountability." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 21, 2018 Citing Brett Kavanaugh's Interpretation of an Unlimited 2nd Amendment, Governor Cuomo, Members of Congressional Black Caucus and New York Congressional Delegation Call on Senate to Block His Confirmation Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 20, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's ruling would allow unfettered Russian money to pour into our elections on behalf of President Trump. We need a Supreme Court that protects our democracy and elections, not expose them. #WhatsAtStake" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh doesn't think that a sitting president can be indicted, that they don't have to follow laws they deem unconstitutional, and now this. Are these the real reasons @realDonaldTrump nominated him?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 16, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 11, 2018 Statement of Ranking Member Velázquez on How Small Businesses in the Digital Technology Industry Use Intellectual Property Rep. Nydia Velázquez
July 11, 2018 House Advances Democratic Small Business Priorities Rep. Nydia Velázquez, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Calendar Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Can you imagine the Supreme Court thrusting us back to a time when you could be denied health insurance in America precisely because you need it so desperately? Can you imagine going back to a time where you could be denied coverage for having one of these #PreExistingConditions?" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 10, 2018 Medium - Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Nomination of Judge Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court of the United States Rep. Jerry Nadler
July 10, 2018 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Statement on President Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Rep. Claudia Tenney
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's long track record of partisan politics comes w/ a long paper trail. The Senate must be able to access & adequately review all docs, emails, & paperwork associated w/ Kavanaugh before the process moves fwd." Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "I will oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination with everything I have, and I hope a bipartisan majority will do the same. The stakes are simply too high for anything less. Read my full statement on #WhatsAtStake: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/schumer-statement-on-nomination-of-judge-brett-kavanaugh-to-the-supreme-court … #StopKavanaugh" Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's own writings make clear that he would rule against reproductive rights and freedoms, and that he would welcome challenges to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. #WhatsAtStake #StopKavanaugh #ScotusPick" Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date Title Politician
Aug. 14, 2018 Tweet - "I heard from more than 120 orgs urging the Senate to consider #WhatsAtStake in our health care system w/ the Kavanaugh #SCOTUS nomination. We must protect pre-existing condition protections, access to contraception, & other important health care rights. https://familiesusa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Sign-On_SCOTUS_Health_Care_Stakes_8-14-18.pdf …" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 12, 2018 Tweet - "If the tiny portion of Judge Kavanaugh's record that has been made public seems unrevealing, it's because those docs have been cherry-picked by his former deputy, a long-time political operative. Congress--and the public--still have seen no records from the National Archives. 1/2" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 10, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans' mad rush to hold this hearing after unilaterally deciding to block nearly all of Judge Kavanaugh's records from public release is further evidence they are hiding important information from the American people, & continues to raise the question, #WhatAreTheyHiding?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 9, 2018 Tweet - "Every day, Republican obstruction of Kavanaugh's record gets worse and worse. Not only is a massively conflicted Republican lawyer, who previously worked for Judge Kavanaugh, cherry-picking what documents the Senate Judiciary Committee can see... 1/2" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Interview With New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler Rep.Jerry Nadler
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh himself said his time as Staff Secretary was "formative" & "instructive" to him as a judge--and Republicans won't agree to even review those docs." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "And your process for getting the tiny % of Kavanaugh's WH documents you have actually requested is being led by a lawyer who not only has a partisan history--the American people learned this weekend that he used to report to Kavanaugh in the White House!" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 7, 2018 Tweet - "Chairman Grassley, as you will recall, I opposed Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the DC Circuit in 2006 because I believed he was a political operative not suited for the bench. Given what we have learned since that time, I still believe that today." Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 6, 2018 Tweet - "53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 4, 2018 Tweet - "We learned yesterday that the Republican operative who is screening Judge Kavanaugh's records actually worked for him in the White House--and didn't disclose it to anyone. An unbelievable conflict of interest. #WhatAreTheyHiding" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 3, 2018 Tweet - "Republicans are making an unprecedented effort to keep hidden Judge Kavanaugh's records from the American public, and even the large majority of Senators. This is a new and astonishing level of secrecy. What are they hiding? #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 1, 2018 Tweet - "What is @SenateGOP trying to hide in Kavanaugh's record? To go to such lengths to deny simple documents really makes people ask: what are they hiding? What are they afraid of? Why can't we have impartial access to docs as we did for Justices Kagan and Sotomayor? #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Nomination of Britt Grant Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's ringing endorsement of Britt Grant's record may serve as a window into his own judicial philosophy. It makes you wonder: what, exactly, does Judge Kavanaugh agree with her on?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Tweet - "As staff secretary, Brett Kavanaugh likely oversaw President Bush's controversial signing statements on torture. By his own account, he was involved in Pres. Bush's decision to select a Supreme Court Justice. There is just no good reason to leave out records from this period." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 30, 2018 Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 29, 2018 Tweet - "We don't know what Brett Kavanaugh knew about President Bush's efforts to override a torture ban - and that's just one of many issues. This is a why Republican efforts to hide Judge Kavanaugh's documents from his time as Staff Secretary are so wrong. What else are they hiding?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 27, 2018 Tweet - "This deliberately selective request leaves out what may be the most important thing in Judge Kavanaugh's record: his time as White House Staff Secretary. What are Republicans hiding in Judge Kavanaugh's record?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and the Hon. Edward Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Congress Members Demand Hearing on 3-D Printed Guns Settlement Rep.Adriano Espaillat, ...
July 26, 2018 Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "When Elena Kagan was nominated eight years ago, even though Democrats were in the Majority and the Republicans the minority, Chairman @SenatorLeahy joined with Republicans to request all of Elena Kagan's records from her time in the White House." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Tweet - "Kavanaugh's time as Staff Secretary made him a "better interpreter of statutes." Those are his own words. How could seeing his records from that period be a waste of time when there is so much at stake? #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 26, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice - On Deadline Day to Reunite Separated Families, Feinstein, Durbin, Colleagues Call for Investigation of "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 26, 2018 Rosen Leads Introduction of House Resolution to Defend Constitutionality of Pre-Existing Conditions Protections Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "But Judge Kavanaugh himself said that his years as staff secretary were "among the most instructive"- aren't those papers important enough for the Senate to see?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 25, 2018 Nadler-Blumenthal Statement on "Emolument" Ruling in DC and Maryland v. Trump Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 25, 2018 Tweet - "#SCOTUS justice is one of the most important positions in the world, and certainly in America. Shouldn't we know everything about the nominee? Not just some of the stuff the White House wants us to know, but everything." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 24, 2018 Statement of Ranking Member Nadler for the Hearing on "Examining the Wayfair Decision and its Ramifications for Consumers and Small Businesses" Rep.Jerry Nadler
July 24, 2018 Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee - Opening Statement of Rep. Nadler, Hearing on Examining the Wayfair Decision and its Ramifications for Consumers and Small Businesses Rep.Jerry Nadler
July 23, 2018 Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Ronald Vitiello, Deputy Director and Acting Director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Hon. James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review - Velázquez and Serrano Press ICE/EOIR on Cancellation of In-Person Hearing for Detained Immigrants Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "The Senate & the American ppl deserve to know where Judge Kavanaugh stands on a host of issues. Given the hearing process for Supreme Court nominees, Judge Kavanaugh's papers might be the best & only way to judge what kind of a Justice he might be. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 23, 2018 Tweet - "Question of the day: If Kavanaugh would have let Nixon off the hook, what is he willing to do for President Trump? #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 22, 2018 Tweet - "It's also confounding that the common thread thus far in the cases Kavanaugh is willing to openly criticize is their relation to presidential power & accountability." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 21, 2018 Citing Brett Kavanaugh's Interpretation of an Unlimited 2nd Amendment, Governor Cuomo, Members of Congressional Black Caucus and New York Congressional Delegation Call on Senate to Block His Confirmation Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 20, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's ruling would allow unfettered Russian money to pour into our elections on behalf of President Trump. We need a Supreme Court that protects our democracy and elections, not expose them. #WhatsAtStake" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 18, 2018 Tweet - "Brett Kavanaugh doesn't think that a sitting president can be indicted, that they don't have to follow laws they deem unconstitutional, and now this. Are these the real reasons @realDonaldTrump nominated him?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 16, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 11, 2018 Executive Session Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 11, 2018 Statement of Ranking Member Velázquez on How Small Businesses in the Digital Technology Industry Use Intellectual Property Rep.Nydia Velázquez
July 11, 2018 House Advances Democratic Small Business Priorities Rep.Nydia Velázquez, ...
July 11, 2018 Executive Calendar Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
July 11, 2018 Tweet - "Can you imagine the Supreme Court thrusting us back to a time when you could be denied health insurance in America precisely because you need it so desperately? Can you imagine going back to a time where you could be denied coverage for having one of these #PreExistingConditions?" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 10, 2018 Medium - Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Nomination of Judge Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court of the United States Rep.Jerry Nadler
July 10, 2018 Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Statement on President Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Rep.Claudia Tenney
July 10, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's long track record of partisan politics comes w/ a long paper trail. The Senate must be able to access & adequately review all docs, emails, & paperwork associated w/ Kavanaugh before the process moves fwd." Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "I will oppose Judge Kavanaugh's nomination with everything I have, and I hope a bipartisan majority will do the same. The stakes are simply too high for anything less. Read my full statement on #WhatsAtStake: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/schumer-statement-on-nomination-of-judge-brett-kavanaugh-to-the-supreme-court … #StopKavanaugh" Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 9, 2018 Tweet - "Judge Kavanaugh's own writings make clear that he would rule against reproductive rights and freedoms, and that he would welcome challenges to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. #WhatsAtStake #StopKavanaugh #ScotusPick" Sen.Chuck Schumer
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