When Chuck Schumer first took federal office as a member of the House of Representatives in January 1981, the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt for December 1980 reported the federal debt at the end of that year was $930.21 billion.
As of Oct. 10 this year, according to the U.S. Treasury, it was $37.885 trillion.
During Schumer’s time in Congress -- which has control over federal borrowing and sp…