"You know, my name .... comes from the……" — Charles Schumer
"You 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 ..."
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63 Quotes by Charles Schumer
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Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get…
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I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be…
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!
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We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true...
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I think we could be at a tipping point
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I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they…
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