Quotes by Chuck Schumer

About Chuck Schumer:

Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is 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%.
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Mr. Snowden is a coward who has chosen to run.

Chuck Schumer

Today, families like the one I grew up in still believe in that American dream. But as President Obama says, it's a make-or-break moment for the middle class. Mitt Romney's plans would make things worse.

Chuck Schumer

Middle class people, I think they realize that Romney is not for them because of his narrowness, but they want to make sure that Barack Obama is focused on them with things that will make a difference. They know he tried, but they also know that it d...

Chuck Schumer

Economic conservatives like immigration reform, and in fact, many of them supported the bill that John McCain and I put together in the Senate.

Chuck Schumer

Have kids; have a lot of kids. Start early and keep having them.

Chuck Schumer

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.

Chuck Schumer

Democrats don't relate to middle-class people.

Chuck Schumer

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

Chuck Schumer

As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow up people, Israel has no choice but to build the fence.

Chuck Schumer

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

Chuck Schumer

Any party that writes off 25, 30, 35 percent of the American people is not going to be a winner.

Chuck Schumer

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Chuck Schumer

Most of the people I meet who are on unemployment are people who have had jobs for 25 years, lost them; they've been knocking on doors every week.

Chuck Schumer

I think it's a little insulting, a bit insulting to American workers when Rand Paul says that unemployment insurance is a disservice.

Chuck Schumer

You have to show Israel that it's not going to be forced to do things it doesn't want to do and can't do.

Chuck Schumer

When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.

Chuck Schumer

To introduce a whole new tax regime, that would be modern tax reform. But that's too big a task.

Chuck Schumer

There are very close ties between the Jewish and Mormon people.

Chuck Schumer

The Tea Party is a rear guard, not a vanguard.

Chuck Schumer

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges.

Chuck Schumer

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.

Chuck Schumer

Author Bio

  • NameChuck Schumer
  • DescriptionU.S. Senator from the State of New York
  • BornNovember 23, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician