Honorable Charles Schumer
United States Senator, New York, Democrat
Senator Schumer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998. He served in the New York Assembly from 1974 to 1980 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1980 to 1988. He is the Senate Minority Leader. The following is from the June 20, 2019, floor debate on 22 Senate joint resolutions (S.J. Res. 27 through S.J. Res. 48) relating to arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other nations. Today the Senate will vote on resolutions of disapproval for arms sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. These 22 resolutions introduced by Senator Menendez would…