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Chuck Schumer: “Every officer must have clear identification.”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

FULL BRIEFING: Schumer Takes Reporters' Questions After Funding Bill Passes The Senate

Published January 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:48

These are our three objectives. One, ending the rolling patrol. Ending the roving patrols. Two, enforce accountability. Three. Masks on. Body cameras off. Sorry. Masks off. Body cameras on. No secret police. Every officer must have clear identification. That's what we're. Those are our three objectives. And there will be specifics under each of those. We will know soon enough. (03:48–03:52)

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“We will need in the Senate, majority of votes, 60 votes. To pass the Homeland Security bill through the Senate.”
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