Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
"According to Ernst, 'Fear not. We're going to die anyway.' Tell that, the American people have heard. Let me be clear. Democrats are ready. We are ready to fight,' Schumer said. "We are doubling down. We're ready to show Americans what's really at stake here, because this fight won't be won in just the Capitol. As Abe Lincoln said, public sentiment is everything. And when public sentiment hears about this 'We're All Going to Die Act,' they're going to hate it, and they're going to tell their senators they hate it. And if the senators think they can get away with a yes vote and explain it, they're sadly mistaken. The cuts are too deep. The cuts are too real. The cuts are too devastating for people."
He continued, "Why are they being so mean? Why are they being so cruel? And why are they being so politically tenured at at best, suicidal at worst? All to give tax breaks to billionaires. They are in total obeisance. Donald Trump is, and his colleagues are to very very, the small group of very wealthy, greedy people who say, 'I don't care what you do to everyone else, cut my taxes. And by the way, get rid of any regulations.'"
Schumer said that the Congressional Budget Office found that the estimated number of people who would lose their health insurance coverage if Trump’s budget bill passes could increase from 13.7 million to up to as many as 16 million people.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is signaling that changes are likely in the House's version of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill." (Getty Images)
Schumer addressed Republicans' pledge to fight waste, fraud and abuse by making the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts permanent through the bill.
"Now, Trump and the Republicans claim they want to fight fraud. Bull, bull," he said.
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"Let me tell our Republican Senate colleagues what will be enacted is not Donald Trump's soothing words, but the actual reality of harsh cuts where people lose health care, where people's premiums go up, where hospitals close, nursing homes close, and people are laid off," Schumer claimed. "So anyone who thinks they're voting for the nice words of Donald Trump will face a harsh reality when this is implemented."
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