Charles Schumer Quotes on Time (14 Quotes)

If there ever was a time when the hearings are going to make a huge difference, it's now,

The president now should take his time. The president should do it right slowly, deliberately, carefully, with real consultation and real consensus.

The time in history, and Sandra Day O'Connor's removal, means the focus on real questions will be greater than it has ever been, because she was a swing nominee at a time of a divided court and a divided country.

For four years, President Bush . . . had a lot of luck on his side, ... There's a yin and yang to this, a warp and woof, and it's all catching up, almost at the same time.

We are on the precipice of a crisis, a Constitutional crisis. The checks and balances, which have been at the core of this Republic, are about to be evaporated by the nuclear option. The checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time. It is amazing, it's almost a temper tantrum.

We have to get the feeling that they are on a path, in a reasonable period of time, to stop manipulating the currency, to let it float freely. It's a delicate game, it's a delicate gambit, because the Chinese are very sensitive about being pressured into things.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Sen. Charles Schumer of New York on Monday asked the Bush administration to release oil from the U. S. emergency stockpile to help ease higher prices due to Hurricane Katrina. Skyrocketing gas prices have tipped consumers upside down this summer and to protect our economy, the President should act immediately to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, ... If there was ever a time for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tapped, it would be now.

This is the time for a consensus nominee. I know that there will be people who will pressure the president from one side to have a nominee who is way over to that side, but I don't think that serves the president or America well.

This is the biggest shot in the arm for downtown in a very long time. Hopefully, it is a harbinger of things to come. Businesses have been on hold waiting to see what Goldman would do. The only regret is that it took so long.

I am for the first time optimistic that we will pass, after a long time, financial services legislation. In 19 years, we are the closest we have ever been to actually achieving a bill.

The SPR is intended to provide relief at times when working families are struggling to make ends meet, and to counter the price shocks that accompany severe supply disruptions. Now is undoubtedly such a time.

It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.

I think you should do one nomination at a time, even though it would be nice to know who the president is thinking of,

I think it's the best news that's come out of this proceeding in a long, long time,