There are some who believe that I can force my colleagues to vote my way, while I will certainly share my view and try to persuade them that the vote to disapprove is the right one, in my experience with matters of conscience and great consequence like this, each member ultimately comes to their own conclusion.

Chuck Schumer

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This guilty verdict serves as an official proclamation of what so many of us have known for nearly a year: George Floyd was murdered by an officer who was sworn to protect and serve.

We're not going to repeat the mistake of 2009 and'10 where for a year-and-a-half they negotiated and then nothing came of it.

If Republicans let us get on the bill, we can work out a process to have bipartisan debate and amendments, but if the Republican minority prevents the Senate from even debating some of these common-sense proposals, we’ll have to try to move forward without them.

I think this is a careful, thought-out plan. Now, there are questions that remain. I’m happy to let you know that the administration has agreed to a classified briefing for all senators which we’ll have shortly so questions can be answered, you want to make sure that this Sept. 11 date is ... a date that sticks and it’s not kicking the can down the road.

It’s my intention to make the first amendment a bipartisan one, but I can’t do that unless our Republican colleagues allow us to debate the bill.

We grieve with you. We feel that shock and sorrow with you. And we'll heal together with you.

Look, we all know we have to root out systemic bias in law enforcement and we feel the best way to do that is the Justice in Policing Act.

We are open to strengthening the bill. There's an effort underway to add a bipartisan amendment, sponsored by Senators Blumenthal and Moran, one a Democrat one a Republican, as an amendment, and their bill would provide resources to state and local law enforcement to improve hate crime reporting, increase training, and establish pathways to rehabilitation, as majority leader, it's my intention to make the first amendment a bipartisan one, but I can't do that unless our Republican colleagues allow us to debate the bill.

We're going to keep going with New York City if that's all right with you, and New York City will sure as hell be back. Because of all the real, tough New Yorkers who, unlike you, loved it and understood it, stayed and rebuilt it.

Addressing infrastructure, climate and environmental justice together, and creating millions of good paying jobs, is just the right combination to meet head on the challenges that America now faces, this will not only make clean energy and clean transportation affordable, it will create millions of new jobs with good wages, which always occurs when we invest in infrastructure and manufacturing as we will be doing here.

The Senate is going to debate and address the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

Make no mistake : the era of Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard is over.

Following the despicable attack on January 6, there must, there must be truth and accountability if we are going to move forward, heal and bring our country together once again, sweeping something as momentous as this under the rug brings no healing whatsoever.

Many of these families because of Covid don't have money for a proper funeral and a proper burial. And that is just awful and inhumane.

I want to address the vote the Senate took yesterday on the point of order raised by the junior Senator from Kentucky, i regret to say: for 45 Republican Senators to vote for a spurious constitutional objection to the coming impeachment trial was deeply, deeply, irresponsible.

What amendments our friends in the minority propose is entirely up to them.

There’s universal agreement: We must go big and bold, we are united as one for a big, bold package, working with our Republican friends when we can.

Secretary Yellen told the Democratic caucus yesterday that it is her belief that if Congress fails to dedicate the necessary resources to meet the needs of the American people and survive this crisis, we will see long-term scarring in our economy, and our country would be mired in the COVID crisis for years.

We must not, must not, repeat the mistakes of the past and do too little, too reluctantly, and too late.

I am happy to report this morning that the leadership of both parties have finalized the organizing resolution for the Senate, we will pass the resolution through the Senate today, which means that committees can promptly set up and get to work with Democrats holding the gavels.