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Chuck Schumer's Public Statements on Issue: Monetary Policy

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04/26/2023 SCHUMER: THE HOUSE'S EXTREME DEBT CEILING "PLAN" IS A GUT PUNCH TO UPSTATE NY-- WILL SEND US CLOSER TO DEFAULT & JEOPARDIZING VITAL PROGRAMS UPSTATE FAMILIES RELY ON; SENATOR BREAKS DOWN IMPACTS THAT WOULD RIPPLE THROUGHOUT NY
03/17/2022 Letter to Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury - Bennet Urges Biden Administration To Help States Boost Domestic Manufacturing and Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains
01/25/2021 Tweet - "At the Treasury Department, there are long hallways where portraits hang of all 77 Treasury Secretaries--all men, all the way back to Alexander Hamilton. I'm thrilled to vote for Janet Yellen today and add the first portrait of a woman to that hallway."
01/25/2021 Tweet - "Harriet Tubman is a hero who led enslaved African Americans to freedom We fought to make her Auburn, NY home a national park Now, the Biden Treasury Dept is speeding plans to add her to the $20 bill I've championed this. No one's more deserving. It should've happened long ago!"
01/25/2021 Tweet - "I am so proud that the Senate will confirm Dr. Janet Yellen to be the first woman to ever hold the position of Treasury Secretary. She's a native of working-class Brooklyn, and no one has more experience for this job."
11/30/2020 Tweet - "Brooklyn native Janet Yellen was selected to lead President-elect Biden's economic team. She would be the first woman to ever hold the title of Treasury Secretary. There is no one more qualified to lead the U.S. Treasury at this critical moment for American families."
11/17/2020 Tweet - "Judy Shelton is so unqualified that a former Republican aide said even calling her as a witness before the Senate was "beyond the pale." Now Republicans want to actually put her on the Fed itself. Democrats are fighting this terrible Trump nomination to the Fed."
11/17/2020 Tweet - "Judy Shelton is not only unqualified for the job, she is a threat to our economic recovery and doesn't belong on the Fed. And thanks to the bipartisan coalition that opposed her nomination today, she isn't any closer to being there."
11/16/2020 Tweet - "Judy Shelton's views are extreme and retrograde. She seems to prefer the economic policies that led to the Great Depression. She has openly advocated to a return to the gold standard. Democrats are fighting this terrible Trump nomination to the Federal Reserve Board."
06/16/2020 Tweet - "Americans are fighting this health and economic crisis Economists are telling Senate GOP to do something Governors from both parties are pleading for aid Fed Chair Powell--appointed by Pres. Trump--is pushing for another COVID-relief bill When will Senate GOP get the message?"
05/19/2020 Tweet - "Economists are warning inaction could worsen the economic crisis into another Great Depression Without action--Fed Chair Powell said we risk a prolonged recession with unemployment reaching 20% or even 25% Yet Sen. McConnell said GOP still wants a pause What planet are they on?"
05/18/2020 Tweet - "Fed Chair Powell's message to Senator McConnell and the Republicans couldn't be more clear: Your inaction will hurt Americans in this recovery and could do even more damage to the economy. Get off your hands and do something. Americans can't wait!"
05/14/2020 Tweet - "Chair Powell's message to Senate Republicans was clear: Get up off your hands and do something!"
11/25/2019 Schumer, Gillibrand Announce $225K In Federal Funding For Launch NY In Buffalo
06/24/2019 Tweet - "Last week: I asked @USTreasury's Inspector General to review the decision by @realDonaldTrump's admin to delay the $20 bill redesign with Harriet Tubman Now: he confirmed he'll investigate America has a right to know why the Tubman $20 is being shelved"
06/20/2019 Tweet - "There are no women or people of color on our paper currency today, and there haven't been for more than a century. The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 note was a long overdue way to rectify that disparity."
06/20/2019 Consideration of Senate Joint Resolution Nos. 27 Through 48 En Bloc--
06/19/2019 Letter to the Hon. Eric M. Thorson, Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury - Schumer Requests Treasury Inspector General Investigate Administration's Decision to Delay Redesign of Twenty-Dollar Bill Picturing Abolitionist Harriet Tubman
08/04/2016 Letter to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Broad Coalition of Senate Democrats Call on Top Consumer Agency to Move Swiftly to Limit Unfair Arbitration Agreements in Everyday Financial Contracts
10/28/2015 Letter to SEC Nominees - Regarding Political Spending Disclosure
06/09/2015 Schumer, Graham: After Chinese Cyber-Attack On US Government Personnel Records, The IMF Should Deny China's Effort To Make The Yuan A Reserve Currency Until They Stop Rampant Hacking And Cyber-Attacks
05/14/2015 IRS Bureaucracy Reduction and Judicial Review Act
02/10/2015 Sessions, Bipartisan Group Of Senators Unveil Bill To Stand Up For American Jobs By Addressing Currency Manipulation
09/19/2012 Letter to Speaker Boehner
05/18/2010 Letter to The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner

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