Chuck Schumer
Role at the time: Senate Democratic leader
Condemned
Statement summary
Chuck Schumer says Democrats don't vote for frauds, calls the bill voluntary for companies, and says Democrats want its requirements to be mandatory.
“Because we don't vote for frauds. It's voluntary. Not a single company has to comply with it. If they wanted to do something real, if you still wanted to do something real instead of faking the people out, he would take one of the Democratic bills by Van Hollen and by Martin Heinrich and so many others that is real and has teeth. They want it optional, which means zero. We want it mandatory.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Schumer briefing remarks criticizing the Ratepayer Protection Act00:13
The recording was published September 30. Schumer spoke at the September 29 Senate Democratic leadership briefing.
Why we used this label
Schumer rejects the bill because he says it imposes no binding requirement to comply.