“There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'”
Chuck Schumer“I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.”
Chuck Schumer“We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.”
Chuck Schumer“I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.”
Chuck Schumer“There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'”
Chuck Schumer“Reclassification is the best way to for us to preserve the Internet as an unfettered tool for communication and the sharing of ideas.”
Chuck Schumer“Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.”
Chuck Schumer“Barack Obama knows that to create an economy built to last, we need to focus on middle-class families. Families who stay up on Sunday nights pacing the floor, like my dad did, while their children, tucked in bed, dream big dreams. Families who aren't sure what Monday morning will bring, but who believe our nation's best days are still ahead.”
Chuck Schumer“If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.”
Chuck Schumer