An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who's on minimum wage.
Charles SchumerI'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
Charles SchumerI'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
Charles SchumerThis bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or that amnesty will work. We are headed into uncharted waters.
Charles SchumerI think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done, and hopefully you're not going to find the fisticuffs that you would find on lots of other issues. I think you'll be able to glean a sense of progress without us revealing the specifics.
Charles Schumer