@cspanofficial: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he will be reelected as majority leader for the 120th Congress, brushing aside Democrats who had threatened not to support him prior to their landslide midterm showing. "The issue is not me. I'll be reelected as majority leader. But the issue is focusing on the American people and what they want," he told reporters at a press conference Wednesday. Sen. Schumer said Democrats' top priorities will be lowering costs, investigating the Trump administration, and ending the Iran war. "There was such rampant corruption, there has to be some investigations, but we're not going to take our eye off the ball," he said. "Number one: Reducing costs, ending corruption." Asked whether Democrats could work with President Trump, Sen. Schumer said: "We are going to work hard to drive costs down, with the president or without him. Period." #election2026 #chuckschumer #democrats #midterms #cspan

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