Shortly after the press conference, Schumer said in a statement that, “Given his previous comments advocating defunding and imposing limitations on the Mueller investigation, [Acting Attorney General Matthew] Whitaker should recuse himself from its oversight for the duration of his time as acting att...
(1981–99). First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1998, Schumer was instrumental in the passage of the Affordable Care Act (2010), and served as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee (2004–8) and vice chairman of the Democratic Conference (2006–16). In 2017 he ...
“Constructive,” said Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader. “Excellent,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared. And when reporters asked Pelosi whether the subject of multiple House Democratic investigations into Trump came up, she scoffed and shook her head no. ...
August 3, 2015 -Holds a joint press conference with his cousin, actress and comedian Amy Schumer, to announce gun control legislation promoting stricter state background check laws. The press conference takes place 11 days aftera deadly mass shooting at a screening of Schumer’s comedy, “Train...