(6 Mar 2025)
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Washington, DC – 6 March 2025
1. Wide House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries walks to the podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader: ++CAMERA ZOOMS++
"House Republicans and Donald Trump have proposed the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. And they’ve also put a target on the back of Social Security and Medicare. So let me be clear. House Democrats are going to stand on the side of the American people."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"Topline numbers were agreed upon in a manner consistent with the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act that Republicans in the House themselves negotiated and supported. A yearlong continuing resolution is inconsistent With the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act. And so if Republicans decide to take this approach as Speaker (Mike) Johnson indicated, it’s his expectation that Republicans are going it alone."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
(On resolution to censure Rep. Al Green)
"I voted no. The censure resolution put forth by extreme MAGA Republicans is not worth the paper that it was written on."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"Republicans are playing political and partisan games with their censure resolution because they are on the run. Republicans are on the run with respect to the economy. Donald Trump consistently promised that grocery prices were going to be lowered on day one. But costs aren’t going down. They’re going up."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"Not a single bill. Not a single executive order and not a single administrative action has been put forth by Donald Trump or House Republicans to improve the economic circumstances of the American people. And folks are taking notice all across the country."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"Everything they do is a big, massive distraction."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"The flood the zone strategy is designed to disorient people. I ain’t going to be disoriented. I’m not going to be disoriented by it all. We have to push back with righteous indignation. But this whole flood the zone strategy is designed to create the appearance of inevitability. The notion that Donald Trump is unstoppable. He ain’t unstoppable."
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
(On executive order to shut down Dept. of Education)
"Why do they want to issue this executive order right now that they know does not have the force of law? Because they want to distract and disorient people."
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. House Minority Leader:
"You can’t abolish the Department of Education through an executive order. He apparently likes losing in court because he’ll lose again. Because as soon as this gets issued, he’s going to be sued and he’s going to lose. And the votes don’t — bring the bill to Congress. We welcome that fight. Bring the bill to Congress, if you want to get rid of the Department of Education, we’ll stand on the side of the American people, and they’ll continue to stand on the side of Elon Musk."
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