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Charles Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer (/ˈʃuːmər/; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as the senior United States Senator from New York, a seat he was first elected to in 1998. Since 2017 he also is the Senate Minority Leader. He first defeated three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato 55% to 44% before being reelected in 2004 with 71% of the vote, in 2010 with 66% of the vote, and in 2016 with 70% of the vote.

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I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.

Care, Decision, Insurance Companies, See, Working

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.

Amazing, Balance, Nuclear, Option, Tantrums

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.

Education, School, Kids, Think

Our borders are much too porous. . . We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. . . . Right now, if you get on an airplane [to the U. S. ] and claim asylum. . . when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in New York, they will say to you, 'OK, we'll give you a hearing on whether you deserve asylum. Show up in a year. ' And two-thirds of the people never show up.

Airplane, Arrive, Careful, New York, Say, Two

Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.

Belief, Christian, Deeply, Judging, Unfit

Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people's rights away.

Conservation, Obviously, People, Rights, Take

President Trump ought to realize, he's not campaigning anymore. He's president. And instead of talking about how many people showed up at his inauguration, he ought to be talking about how many people are going to stay into the middle class and move into the middle class.

Campaigning, Class, Instead, Moving, Showed, Talking

The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

Ceiling, Ceilings, Debt, Simple

I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general. But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.

Jobs, Real, Strong, Trade, Way

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

Convention, Conventions, Obsolete, Say, Soldier, Soldiers

Donald Trump, when he gives his speeches, talks like a populist. And he talks to middle class and working America and poor people. But when he governs, at least in his first 40 days, he governs like a hard-right guy.

America, Class, People, Poor, Trump

You can set up whatever negotiations or structure you want, but until the Palestinians are willing to accept the fact, as the majority of Israelis do, that there should be two states between the Jordan and the Mediterranean, we won't have peace.

Majority, Peace, Set, Structure, Two, Want

I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.

Campaign, Education, Future, Jobs, Priority, Simple

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

Commentary, Devastating, Infrastructure, Iraq, War

Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.

Bed, Dream, Dreams, Like, Monday, Morning

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love.

Rivers, Way, Path, Canyon, Love

I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.

Class, Income, Lead, Middle, Needs, Strongly

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.

Days, Economic, Opportunities, Opportunity, People, Teaching

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

Cell Phone, Cells, Phones, Photo, Private, Remain

The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.

Based, Generally, Jobs, Make, People, Years

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