Charles E. Schumer

Positioning · 26 wordsWell, Mr. President, the Trump Presidency is just a disaster, and more and more people know it. Just about everyone is getting to know it now.PositioningUnearned certainty Claims · 20 wordsThis morning’s CNN poll--right over my shoulder--is further confirmation that Trump has completely lost the trust of the American people. Positioning · 31 wordsAmericans can see it, smell it, feel it: Unearned certaintyTrump’s priorities are completely out of whack. He is concerned not with average citizens and making their lives better, just his own ego.Positioning Procedure · 7 wordsJust look at some of these numbers: ProcedureClaims · 64 wordsMore than three in every four Americans say that Trump’s disastrous war on Iran hasn’t been worth the cost.¹ The same numbers say they have experienced hardship because of gas prices: 79 percent.² And when asked: Does Trump have the right priorities? Seventy-three percent say no.³ A record 73 percent of Americans think Trump hasn’t focused enough on the most pressing issues they face.⁴ Positioning · 46 wordsPick any poll.Unearned certainty Pick any issue. You will come to the same conclusion: Trump is totally out of touch. He is hurting America and not listening to America. No one likes what you are doing.Unearned certainty Are you listening, Donald? No one likes what you are doing.Positioning Procedure · 4 wordsLook at those numbers.Procedure Positioning · 10 wordsThey should make Donald Trump hang his head in shame: PositioningClaims · 30 words72 percent disapprove of how he is conducting the war in Iran; ⁵79 percent disapprove of him on gas prices; ⁶73 percent say you have the wrong priorities for them.⁷ Reasoning · 20 wordsWhen the overwhelming majority of Americans say you are taking the country in the wrong direction, you better change course. Positioning · 18 wordsTrump and his party can either take the hint or take a hike when it comes in November.Positioning Claims · 13 wordsDemocrats have been clear on appropriations. Democrats have been clear from the start: Promise · 17 wordsWe want to fund the government, avoid a shutdown, pass strong appropriations bills that improve people’s lives. Claims · 23 wordsBipartisan negotiations are ongoing, and Senate Democrats are working in good faith to reach an agreement to keep the appropriations process moving forward. Positioning · 21 wordsWe are fighting for a bipartisan funding package--not partisan bills that bankroll Donald Trump’s war agenda while leaving working families behind.Positioning The ask · 5 wordsAny CR must be bipartisan. Reasoning · 30 wordsWe must keep the government open without abandoning the needs of working families or giving Donald Trump a blank check for his destructive agenda. There is a responsible path forward. Claims · 7 wordsSenate Democrats are ready to take it. The ask · 8 wordsRepublicans must meet us to get that done. Mr. President, Positioning · 10 wordsTrump’s crusade against Americans’ healthcare costs continues every single day.Positioning Procedure · 3 wordsListen to this: ProcedureClaims · 42 wordsYesterday, Trump doubled prescription drug costs for millions of seniors by making cuts to Medicare drug plans.⁸ Just 2 days before Medicare’s 61st anniversary, no less, he is cutting the dollars we need and doubling prescription drug costs for millions of seniors.⁹ Positioning · 6 wordsCan Trump get any more heartless?Positioning Claims · 24 wordsWe are talking about seniors splitting pills in half to ration life-saving drugs or skipping meals to afford their medication at the pharmacy counter. Positioning · 15 wordsThat is despicable. This is just the latest salvo in Trump’s war on Americans’ healthcare.Positioning Claims · 46 wordsA year ago, Trump ransacked over a trillion dollars from the healthcare system to bankroll tax giveaways to the wealthiest Americans and corporations.¹⁰ And since then, millions of people have lost their coverage altogether while tens of millions get slammed while premiums double, triple, even quadruple.¹¹ Aside · 8 wordsBut I guess that wasn’t enough for Donald.Aside Claims · 13 wordsNow he is coming after seniors--millions of them--by raising their prescription drug costs. Positioning · 14 wordsIn Trump’s America, families are fighting for their lives while the rich get richer.Positioning Mr. President, Positioning · 27 wordsTrump is more concerned about protecting himself from the repercussions of his failed war in Iran than protecting our troops who are in the line of fire.Positioning Claims · 28 wordsAs Trump twiddles his thumbs without any plan for how to end his reckless misadventure, our servicemembers are facing down barrage after barrage of Iranian missiles and drones. Positioning · 45 wordsDonald, posting another lie on Truth Social won’t stop the missiles from flying. Thumping your chest won’t bring down the crushing gas prices you have sent skyrocketing. And brushing casualties under the rug doesn’t get our men and women in uniform out of harm’s way.Positioning Claims · 27 wordsAnd those whose names were eliminated, before they put them back, do not come back to life when you just simply take their name off the roll. Reasoning · 18 wordsThere is only one way to do that--to do all of that--bring our troops home. End the war. Promise · 25 wordsDemocrats will soon force another vote on our War Powers Resolution to end this aimless war and bring our troops back home to their families.¹² Claims · 12 wordsEvery second Trump prolongs this war, our servicemembers’ lives are at risk. The ask · 40 wordsSenate Republicans, stand up for troops, not the President who sent them to war without a plan, without a mission, without an exit strategy. Senate Republicans, stand up with the American people and come join us in ending this war. Procedure · 11 wordsI yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.Procedure