CSPAN Senate Democrats Year-End News Conference December 22, 2017
And the opioid crisis. Senate minority leader Charles Schumer opens the 25 minute briefing. Schumer good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming here it i want to thank my colleagues for joining me this morning. We are almost at the end of the year of this Republican Senate under President Trump. And the republican credo can be summed up this way, help the rich, hurt the middle class. The whole year can be summed up in that one sentence. Republicans have spent every waking hour catering to be wealthy and special interest, leaving the middle class and those wanting to get there as an afterthou...