A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
Charles SchumerCrime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
Charles SchumerI'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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 SchumerYou know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe Hashem [Orthodox for God] actually gave me that name. One of my roles, very important in the United States senate, is to be a shomer - to be a or the shomer Yisrael. And I will continue to be that with every bone in my body.
Charles Schumer