Honorable Chuck Schumer
United States Senator, New York, Democrat
Chuck Schumer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1998. He has served as the Senate minority leader since January 2016. The following is excerpted from Senator Schumer’s October 5, 2018, remarks during the Senate floor debate on confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. From start to finish, President [Donald] Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court will go down as one of the saddest, most sordid in the history of the Federal judiciary. The well was poisoned from the outset when President Trump selected Judge Kavanaugh from a list…
