[179] After Kim and Trump issued a joint statement, Schumer said the meeting between the two had given "a brutal and repressive dictatorship the international legitimacy it has long craved" and that the agreement lacked details on achieving a pathway to the Korean peninsula being denuclearized, how the United States would verify North Korea's disarming, and an assurance of cessation for enrichment of plutonium and uranium from North Korea. [118][119], In a November 2016 interview conducted in the weeks after Trump's election to the presidency, Schumer said that he and Trump were not friends and had had "civil conversations a couple of times" when Trump had contacted him. A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard with respect to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, and for other purposes. 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In a video statement released Wednesday after Bidens address to Congress, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Bidens calls for unity are for naught unless he reaches out beyond progressives. [235], In April 2018, Schumer said that he would back efforts to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level. RESOLUTION Honoring the life and legacy of the late James George Abourezk. He backed his position, saying: "States like Arizona and Alabama will no longer be able to get away with saying they are simply 'helping the federal government' to enforce the law when they are really writing their own laws and knowingly deploying untrained officers with a mission of arresting anyone and everyone who might fit the preconceived profile of an illegal immigrant. U.S. RESOLUTION Notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore. [72], In January 2018, Schumer said that since Mueller's investigation began, the United States "has had to endure conspiracy after conspiracy from the right wing, Republican congressmen, senators and of course the right-wing press, which acts in total cahoots" in regards to their views on the FBI, and that the Republicans' effort to discredit Mueller "has now devolved into delusional, self-serving paranoia". Webe. In 2017, Schumer wrote to Trump advocating for a block on China that would prevent it from purchasing more American companies to increase pressure on Beijing to help rein in North Korea's nuclear missile program. [194] He supports tax deductions for hunters who donate venison and other game to feeding programs. That's not right. In 2009, Schumer criticized Scotland's release of convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and called for the United States to impose economic sanctions on the United Kingdom if Megrahi's release was tied to a massive oil deal between the United Kingdom and Libya. A spokesman for Schumer said the comments were in reference to the political price Senate Republicans would pay, and criticized Roberts for following a "right-wing" attack to misinterpret the comments. 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While the run was a contributing factor in the timing of IndyMac's demise, the underlying cause of the failure was the unsafe and unsound manner in which the thrift was operated. Many IndyMac depositors either panicked or, from another perspective, justifiably acted and withdrew funds in the 11 days before IndyMac failed. On Monday, 17 people sat in the Senate majority leaders office to demand he reopen climate negotiations. When home prices declined in the latter half of 2007 and the secondary mortgage market collapsed, IndyMac was forced to hold $10.7 billion of loans it could not sell in the secondary market. [45] Schumer has appeared on The Daily Show seven times. Kevin McCarthy challenges Chuck Schumer to bring clean [180] In a speech on the Senate floor, Schumer questioned what the United States had gained from the summit and added that the country had "won far stronger language on denuclearization" in previous agreements with North Korea. Democrats and Republicans might have to agree to disagree, which happens to be a good first step in building bipartisan consensus. What's happening: Billionaire businessman Elon Musk visited the Capitol on Wednesday and met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to Progressive House staffers staged a protest in Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumers office, urging him to keep negotiating on climate change legislation amid talks with Senator Joe Manchin. [242] He opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment, saying in 2004 that DOMA made it obsolete. "[189] In July, Schumer disavowed claims that the Democratic Party considered Russia its top priority and named health care and economic stability for working-class families as its primary concerns. [58], When it was revealed that Canon Inc. was considering relocating from its corporate headquarters in Long Island because of a dispute over road infrastructure funding, Schumer stepped in to advocate that New York state redirect federal stimulus dollars to make the road improvements and keep the company and its jobs on Long Island. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). [82], In March 2017, at the end of Senate hearings for Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Schumer said he would vote against confirmation and called on Democrats to join him in blocking an up-or-down vote on Gorsuch. [167][168], Schumer is a co-sponsor of a Senate resolution expressing objection to the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlement-building in the occupied Palestinian territories as a violation of international law. In 1980, 16th district Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat of Republican Jacob Javits. [277] While Schumer has not taken a public position on the traffic-calming project, whose most prominent feature is a two-way protected bike path, his wife, Iris Weinshall, is a prominent advocate against the project, and the New York Post reported that Schumer has lobbied against the bike path behind the scenes. [126] When the Senate reconvened after the Capitol was secure, Schumer gave remarks, calling it a day "that will live forever in infamy". Schumer, Former Rep. Chuck ( D) - Ran for Senate Index of Sen. Chuck Schumer's staff, past and present Abdelhaq, Yazeed Talal Abel, Jason A. Acharya, [134], The Charles Schumer-Rob Portman Senate bill of 2015[135] proposed to tax the $2.2trillion multinational corporations are holding outside the country in tax-haven subsidiaries, on which 35% was already owed, as a one-time tax "at a rate significantly lower than the statutory corporate rate". He replied: to reopen negotiations on the climate reconciliation package and pass climate legislation. In discussing the importance of Russia's cooperation, Schumer wrote, "Mr. Putin is an old-fashioned nationalist who seeks to regain the power and greatness Russia had before the fall of the Soviet Union." Janet Murguia and Mauro A. Morales. [115], In 2013, Schumer said the death penalty would be "appropriate" in the case of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing. Schumer [110] Schumer is also seeking a ban on the use of cadmium, a carcinogen known to impair brain development in children, in toys and children's jewelry. Office RESOLUTION Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and for other purposes. Area Manager, Kevin Jacobs Brian Wagner, After the bill appeared to die in May, J. Dennis Hastert spokesman John Feehery opined, "Schumer really was pretty obnoxious about how this provision was going to hurt people who were pro-life and that really got some of our folks ginned up." [207], As a senator, Schumer has worked to secure homeland security funds for New York State and City and provide resources to its first responders. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such threshold each year, and for other purposes. In March 2018, Schumer said the bipartisan legislation sponsored by Bob Casey and Pat Toomey would assist the children of deceased first respondents afford college by increasing the availability of Pell grant funding. He received 54% of the vote in the general election,[27] defeating three-term incumbent Republican Al D'Amato (44%). Congressional staffers and activists staged a sit-in at the office of Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, on Monday. Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act. A resolution notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President pro tempore. [100], In 2002, Schumer authored a provision to an industry-sponsored bill intended to make it harder for people to erase their debts by filing for bankruptcy. Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt [141], In July 2017, Schumer voted for the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which grouped together sanctions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea. Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020. Chuck Schumer [255] One opinion website said the senators wanted "to disrupt [the] Silk Road drug website". Schumer (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) Schumer paid his congressional staff a total of $3,406,655 in 2011.