Chuck Schumer
Chuck Schumer
Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumeris an American politician, the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in 1998, he defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato by a margin of 55%–44%. Schumer was re-elected in 2004 by a margin of 71%–24% and in 2010 by a margin of 66%–33%...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 November 1950
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Well, the tough thing for them is that the Republican primary is pretty far over to the right, just as the Democratic primary is further over to the left than the average voter in each party.
We understand we have to plug new loopholes, but that doesn't mean we have to unplug the old ones.
Wall Street excesses helped lead to the Great Recession.
Have kids; have a lot of kids. Start early and keep having them.
Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate.
The vast majority of the people employed by Wall Street are the secretary who goes in to work on the Long Island Rail Road, who makes fifty, sixty, seventy thousand dollars a year.
Mr. Snowden is a coward who has chosen to run.
Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.
On foreign policy, President Obama has kept our nation safe from terrorism and restored our standing in the world. When it comes to one of our closest allies - Israel - President Obama has been resolute.
The Internet in the 21st Century is as important to our future as highways were in the 20th Century. Like a highway, the Internet must remain free and open for all - not determined by the highest bidders.
You have to walk in the other guy's moccasins. You have to think what they think. If you want to bring somebody onto your side, you have to figure out what motivates them. What do they need?
What the public hates the most is when they think the politicians aren't listening to them. They understand that we can't solve all their problems with a snap of our fingers, but they sure want us to try because we are public servants.
The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.
They have convinced us that the likelihood of real progress ... is very real.