Honorable Chuck Schumer
United States Senators, New York, Democrat
Chuck Schumer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1998. He has served as the Senate minority leaders since January 2016. The following is excerpted from Senator Schumer’s April 4, 2017, remarks before the Senate on confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. I was listening to the majority leader [Mitch McConnell (KY-R)] earlier this morning, and I cannot believe he can stand here on the floor of the U.S. Senate and with a straight face say that Democrats are launching the first partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee. What the majority leader did…
