RECONCILIATION

On 2026-06-03, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) delivered a floor speech titled "RECONCILIATION" in the Senate.

RECONCILIATION

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 94 (Wednesday, June 3, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2503] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] RECONCILIATION Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now on reconciliation, after weeks of Republican infighting, we still haven't seen a draft of the Republican radical reconciliation bill. The American people don't need to see the bill text to know that Republicans are fighting for Donald Trump, not for working families. Even without Trump's billion-dollar, taxpayer- funded ballroom, which Democrats successfully killed despite Republicans' best efforts, the bill is rotten through and through. At a time when Americans can't afford gasoline, housing, healthcare, food, Republicans won't spend a dime to bring costs down but are more than happy to fork over another $70 billion to Trump's masked agents who have unleashed chaos in our streets and threaten to do it again. Americans are burning through their savings right now, but ICE and CBP are currently sitting on $100 billion that Trump and the GOP pumped into these rogue Agencies last year. The American people need every penny they can get right now to lower costs. Trump's Agencies have more cash than they know what to do with. Whenever we go into a vote-arama, Democrats will be ready. Every vote, every amendment we bring to the floor will demonstrate that Democrats are standing up for the American people and Republicans are selling out to Donald Trump. Republicans will have to vote on costs. Republicans will have to vote on tariffs. Republicans will have to vote on Trump's disastrous war with Iran. Republicans will have to vote on ICE and Border Patrol's abuses of power. Democrats want to lower your costs; Republicans want to waste your tax dollars. Democrats want to rein in MAGA's chaos; Republicans want to let that chaos run wild--no guardrails. Democrats are fighting Trump's corruption; Republicans are aiding and abetting it. And Republicans aren't out of the woods yet--Democrats are just getting started. ____________________