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  • ♪ >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.

  • JOINING ME THIS EVENING IS A SENATOR WHO HAS REPRESENTED THE

  • STATE OF NEW YORK FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

  • PLEASE WELCOME SENATE MINORITY LEADER, CHUCK SCHUMER!

  • SENATOR, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

  • HOW ARE YOU RIDING OUT YOUR QUARANTINE?

  • >> I AM HERE AT MY HOUSE.

  • I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE WEEKS.

  • WE FINISHED THE COVID BILL, THREE -- FIVE WEEKS AGO

  • WEDNESDAY AT 9:30.

  • VOTED AT 10:30.

  • COULDN'T WAIT TO GET HOME AND BE WITH MY FAMILY.

  • I HAVE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.

  • I'VE ONLY TUMPED VOWR HUMANS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS.

  • MY WIFE, DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW AND MY 16-MONTH-OLD GRANDSON.

  • I WORK 24-7.

  • I SLEEP ABOUT THREE HOURS, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO.

  • THE MOST EXHAUSTING HOUR IS THE HOUR I'M ASSIGNED TO CHASE NOAH

  • AROUND THE HOUSE.

  • WE'RE NOT CHILD PROOF ANYMORE.

  • HE PULSE THE BOOKS OFF THE SHELVES, BANGS THE POTS AND

  • PANS.

  • I ONLY GOT IN TROUBLE ONCE, I WAS ON THE PHONE AND HE BROKE

  • SOME CHINA PLATES.

  • NOT A HAPPY MOMENT FOR ME.

  • >> Stephen: WE'VE ALL BROKEN A FEW PLATES OVER THE LAST SIX OR

  • SEVEN WEEKS.

  • >> THAT'S FOR SURE.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE KNOWN TO BE CHEESECAKE-DEPENDENT.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: I HOPE YOUR CHEESECAKE DEPENDENCY HASN'T

  • GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL IN QUARANTINE.

  • >> NO, BUT I DO THINK OF IT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I'M GOING TO

  • DO WHEN ALLOWED TO RESUME NORMAL LIVES, GO TO JUNIORS, SIT AT THE

  • TABLE BY MYSELF, DOWN A FEW CHEESECAKES AND WASH IT DOWN

  • WITH AROMA PIZZA, THE BEST PIZZA ON BROOKLYN AVENUE.

  • >> Stephen: A MINI PIZZA WOULD MAKE A NICE FACE MASK!

  • >> STEPHEN, MOST STORES ARE CLOSED, AS ARE THESE.

  • >> Stephen: OH, GOOD.

  • I FOUND OUT THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO OPEN AGAIN, PRAISE GOD.

  • >> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE A STOCKPILE OF CHEESECAKES AT A

  • MOMENT'S NOTICE?

  • >> NO, WE'VE REPLACED IT WITH MISS EDIE'S SWIFT CHURN ICE

  • CREAM, THE COFFEE AND VANILLA BEAN.

  • GOOD.

  • >> Stephen: CHUCK SCHUMER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY EDIE'S ICE

  • CREAM.

  • >> NOT GETTING ANY MONEY FROM EITHER OF THESE PLACES.

  • I JUST THINK THEY'RE GOOD.

  • >> Stephen: NOW, SIR, TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP'S OFFICIAL STAY-AT-HOME GUIDELINES.

  • >> YEAH.

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK ENDING THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES

  • NOW IS A GOOD IDEA.

  • >> NO.

  • >> Stephen: IS IT OVER, CAN WE START LOOKING DOOR KNOBS?

  • >> NO, IT'S A VERY, VERY BAD IDEA.

  • WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO THE MEDICAL EXPERTS, AND THEY ALL

  • TELL US THAT WE SHOULD NOT GO TOO SOON BECAUSE IT WILL COME

  • BACK WITH A VENGEANCE, AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TESTING,

  • STEPHEN.

  • THIS IS ONE OF THE KEYS HERE AND IT'S ONE OF THE MYSTERIES, AND

  • HUGE SHORTFALLS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

  • EVERY COUNTRY THAT HAS OVERCOME THIS QUICKLY HAS DONE IT WITH A

  • WHOLE LOT OF TESTS, AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH KOREA,

  • GERMANY AND EVEN, JUNE, NEW ROCHELLE, THE PLACE WAS

  • QUARANTINED AND I CALLED UP THE MAYOR AND SAID WHAT'S GOING ON,

  • WHAT DO YOU NEED?

  • HE SAID IF WE COULD TEST EVERYBODY AND SEE WHO HAS THE

  • VIRUS, TELL THEM TO STAY INSIDE, SEE WHO DOESN'T HAVE IT, THEY

  • COULD GO TO WORK, WALK ON THE STREETS, SHOP IN STORES, THE

  • AMAZING THING, WE'VE ASKED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE A

  • NATIONAL PLAN FOR TESTING TO USE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT WHERE

  • THEY COULD COMMANDEER THE FACTORIES AND SUPPLY CHAINS AND

  • REQUIRE ENOUGH TESTS BE MADE FOR EVERYBODY, THEY JUST USED IT FOR

  • THE MEAT FACTORIES, WHY AREN'T THEY USING IT FOR TESTING?

  • WE COULD HAVE ENOUGH TEST IFS THEY DID THAT.

  • I'VE ASKED THE PRESIDENT TO DO IT ON REPEATED OCCASIONS AND HE

  • HASN'T DONE IT.

  • I GOT A NASTY LETTER BACK ONCE BUT NO GPA.

  • D.P.A.>> Stephen: WE CAN'T MAKE DECISIONS UNLESS WE KNOW THE LAY

  • OF THE LAND.

  • >> FIEF ONE'S AFRAID TO GO OUT, NO ONE'S SHOPPING AT THE STORES

  • BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE TESTING, WHAT GOOD IS IT GOING

  • TO DO IS THIS IT'S A MYSTERY.

  • AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS IDEOLOGY, I DON'T WANT TO

  • COMMAND PRIVATE INDUSTRY WHAT TO DO, ALTHOUGH TRUMAN USED IT IN

  • WORLD WAR II AND OTHERS USED IT AS WELL.

  • BUT HE WAS RESISTANT.

  • NOW HE DID IT WITH THE MEAT FACTORIES, WHY CAN'T HE DO IT

  • FOR TESTING WHICH IS ESSENTIAL?

  • I DON'T GET IT.

  • NO ONE GETS IT.

  • >> Stephen: MITCH McCONNELL HAS CALLED THE SENATE BACK TO

  • VOTE ON JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS, AND I KNOW SOME SENATORS ARE SAY

  • I THEY MAY NOT GO BACK.

  • CAN YOU SAY I WON'T COME BACK OR DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK IF THE

  • SENATE GETS CALLED BACK TO SESSION?

  • >> I'M GOING BACK AS MINORITY LEADER.

  • BUT IF WE GO BACK, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT COVID.

  • WE SHOULD HAVE TOUGH, STRONG HEARINGS.

  • I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DR. BIRX AND FAUCI BEFORE US WITHOUT

  • TRUMP HOVERING OVER THEM AND CORRECTING THEM AND ASK THEM

  • ABOUT THE TESTING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

  • I'D LIKE TO BRING THE HEAD OF THE SMALL BUSINESS

  • ADMINISTRATION BEFORE THE HEARING AND SAY WHY ARE THE BIG

  • SHOTS GETTING IT AND NOT THE LITTLE BUSINESSES, THE BUTCHER,

  • BAKER, CANDLE STICK MAKER?

  • I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND SAY HOW DO WE GET

  • THE UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS OUT FASTER?

  • INSTEAD, MITCH McCONNELL HAS A PROTOJAY, A FRIEND IN KENTUCKY,

  • HE WANTS TO PUT A VERY RIGHT-WING JUDGE ON THE SECOND

  • MOST COURT IN THE LAND, THE COURT OF APPEALS, IT HAS NOTHING

  • TO DO WITH COVID, AND THE GUY WAS RATED UNQUALIFIED BY THE BAR

  • ASSOCIATION.

  • THAT'S WHY HE'S CALLING US BACK.

  • IF WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK, WE OUGHT TO BE FOCUSING ON COVID

  • AND MAKING THINGS BETTER?

  • WHAT'S HE LIKE WHEN THE CAMERAS AREN'T ON?

  • >> HE, LOOK, I TRY TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY, AND -- BUT HE'S

  • NOT VERY TALKATIVE.

  • LET'S PUT IT LIKE THAT.

  • >> Stephen: OKAY.

  • NOW, YOU WANT THE NEXT BILL TO BE LIKE THE $2 TRILLION

  • CARES ACT.

  • >> YEAH?

  • WHAT SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS -- HOW SHOULD IN T

  • UNITED STATES CONGRESS ALLOCATE THE NEXT 2 THERE WILL TRL --

  • >> RIGHT, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE IN IT.

  • WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER ARE FAIR

  • AND SAFE AND FREE.

  • A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T WANT TO GO TO FOLLOWS.

  • WE OUGHT TO HAVE MAIL BALLOTS FOR EVERYONE, BUT WE OUGHT TO

  • ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO FOLLOWS TO BE THERE.

  • WE NEED TO MAKE SURE SOME TO HAVE THE BARRIERS, THE STATE OF

  • ALABAMA, TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE MAIL, YOU NEED A NOTARY PUBLIC

  • TO CERTIFY.

  • WHY IS THAT DONE?

  • TO PREVENT MINORITIES AND POOR PEOPLE FROM VOTING.

  • THREE THINGS.

  • THE SECOND THING IS WE NEED A HERO'S FUND.

  • THESE FRONTLINE WORKERS, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM, THEY'RE

  • SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE, RISKING THEIR LIVES GOING TO WORK EVERY

  • DAY.

  • AND THEIR BURDENS ARE AMAZING.

  • I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS IN NEW YORK, EVERY NIGHT AT

  • 7:00, ABOUT AN HOUR, WE LEAN OUT OUR WINDOWS AND WE CHEER THESE

  • WORKERS.

  • WE'RE ALL ISOLATED NOW.

  • WE HATE BEING ISOLATED AS NEW YORKERS.

  • WE LOVE TO GO TO THE PARKS AND THE SUBWAYS AND BE NEAR EACH

  • OTHER.

  • BUT AT LEAST PEOPLE ARE CHEERING.

  • WHO ARE WE CHEERING?

  • LET ME TELL YOU A STORY OF ONE GUY I TALKED TO ON THE PHONE, A

  • HOME HEALTHCARE WORKER.

  • HE TAKES CARE OF TWO ELDERLY PEOPLE AND GETS PAID A LITTLE

  • BIT ABOVE MINIMUM WAGE.

  • HE SHOULD GET MORE.

  • HE TOOK A BUS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE EVERY DAY, AND HE

  • CARED FOR THEM.

  • BUT NOW, WITH COVID, THE BUS ISN'T RUNNING.

  • HE PUTS -- PAYS FOR A CAB TO GO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE AND COME

  • BACK.

  • HE HARDLY HAS ANY MONEY.

  • SO WE OUGHT TO GIVE THESE HEROES, THESE FRONTLINE WORKERS

  • WHETHER MEDICAL, GROCERY STORE WORKERS OR BUS DRIVERS SOMETHING

  • EXTRA.

  • WE PROPOSE EXTRA HAZARD PAY, A HERO'S FUND OF $13 AN HOUR.

  • THE THIRD THING WE OUGHT TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THE STATES AND

  • LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE MONEY.

  • THEY'RE GOING BROKE.

  • MITCH McCONNELL SAID LET THEM GO BANKRUPT.

  • THAT'S NOT AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT.

  • THESE ARE PEOPLE.

  • THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LAY OFF FIREFIGHTERS WHO PROTECT US,

  • POLICE OFFICERS, BUS DRIVERS, SAFETY WORKERS, HOSPITAL

  • WORKERS!

  • SO WE OUGHT TO GET REAL MONEY.

  • THE STATES AND LOCALITIES ARE SPENDING A TON OF MONEY ON

  • COVID, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT GETTING REVENUES BECAUSE NO

  • ONE'S PAYING TAXES.

  • THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DELAYED TAXES TILL JUNE 30th, SO THAT

  • MEANS MOST STATES DON'T GET THE TAXES EITHER BECAUSE THE TWO ARE

  • DONE IN SYNC.

  • >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.

  • STICK AROUND, WHEN WE COME BACK, WHY THE SENATOR DOESN'T WANT

  • PRESIDENT TRUMP TO SIGN ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL CHECKS.

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