[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 79 (Monday, May 12, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              STABLECOINS

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, finally, I want to say a little bit 
about last week.
  There are those on the other side of the aisle now shedding crocodile 
tears that, last week, the minority asserted its right not to proceed 
to a bill that has zero legislative text. Imagine--imagine--they said, 
the nerve of the Democrats not voting for a bill when there is no text. 
How crazy can they be?
  We asserted our rights very simply to continue the legislative 
process to allow time to reach agreement. The majority, in an act of 
political stubbornness but also stupidity, asked people to vote on a 
bill they had never seen. They tried to force a vote before Senators 
even had text to know what they were voting on. And then they get upset 
that we all voted no?
  They shouldn't be surprised--least of all, my good friend the 
Republican leader, who said in his first speech as majority leader: 
``One of my priorities as leader will be to ensure that the Senate 
stays the Senate.''
  Well, in the Senate, we have always had the text of the bill before 
we vote on it. I say that to my friend the majority leader.
  Democrats were perfectly, perfectly appropriate, fair, and correct in 
asserting our rights. If this Senate is to work, the majority must 
allow it to work.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.

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