All Charles Schumer Quotes
- We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they'll be allowed to work,… Agreement
- No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration. Aliens
- Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems. Administration
- Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get… Airplane
- This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or… Act
- I 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… Able
- I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this… Able
- All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars. All
- We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission! Anvil
- We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true... Gun
- I think we could be at a tipping point Gun
- I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench.… Ability
- You know, my name .... comes from the word shomer, guardian, watcher. My ancestors were guardians of the ghetto wall in Chortkov. And I believe… Actually Gave
- Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to… Bailey
- There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective… All
- Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people… All
- Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole. Corrode
- We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms. Democrat
- Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure. Call
- When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done. Answer