We all know that when the post office is forced to cut hours of operation or delivery routes or lay off workers, the rest of us are worse off, thankfully, for the past few months, Democrats and Republicans have been working together in good faith to reform some of the most troubled parts of Postal Service.

Chuck Schumer

Some people are above 3.5 some people are below.

There are some in my caucus who believe $ 3.5 trillion is too much. There are some in my caucus who believe it's too little, and we're going to work very hard to have unity because without unity, we're not going to get anything.

We're moving full steam ahead.

We're moving full speed ahead, we are moving forward on this bill.

Our goal is to have a joint proposal that can the President, the House Dems and the Senate Dems can pass, and support and we are working towards that goal we're working well towards that goal, there are some disagreements as always comes about, but I am pleased with the progress we're making.

I t would be just the height of responsibility for Republicans to play games to take the debt limit hostage, that would be playing with the full faith and credit of the United States. It would be a horrible act, a despicable act, really.

These benefits are undeniably important for our nation seniors and were left out of Medicare at the beginning when they shouldn't have been.

I cannot believe Republicans will let us default.

One bill ca n’t pass without the other.

Everyone knows you've got to get rid of coal, but nobody has the ability to say here's what's going to be in the actual bill and here's an assessment of that.

Let's be clear. Democrats love tojust live it up and do all thesethings while the American peoplesuffer.Our border is wide open.Spending is a mess.Inflation is on the rise.The purchasing power of poorAmericans has been obliteratedwe have more than 10,000Americans locked behind Talibanlines in Afghanistan, and these people want to party.

Job number one is for us to bring back, first, all American personnel ... But second, all of the brave Afghans who helped our military, they have to be provided an exit to come to America.

We have reached a point in this chamber where Senate Republicans appear to oppose any measure no matter how common sense to protect voting rights and strengthen our democracy.

For the People Act.

At its core, this legislation is about restoring the middle class in the 21st Century and giving more Americans the opportunity to get there.

The bill will represent a substantial down payment towards the level of infrastructure investment our country needs, and for the first time, the Senate has come together around such a package in decades.

We very much want to finish this important bill.

I rise today with some sad, some horrible, news about the passing of a great friend, Rich Trumka, who left us this morning, the working people of America have lost a fierce warrior at a time when we needed him most.

Rich Trumka was the working people of America.

For the life of me, I don't know how they sleep at night.