(10 Apr 2025)
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Washington, DC – 10 April 2025
1. Wide of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries walking to lectern
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader:
"House and Senate Democrats are standing on the side of the American people, and we continue to be committed to building an economy that’s affordable and that works for everyday Americans and drives down the high cost of living, while protecting healthcare, nutritional assistance and the Social Security of the America people.
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader:
"The budget resolution that passed the House today will set in motion some of the most extreme cuts to health care, nutritional assistance, and the things that matter to everyday Americans in our nation’s nearly 250-year history. It’s a disgrace. This is just the beginning. House Democrats are going to aggressively push back every day, every week, every month until we bury this reckless Republican budget resolution in the ground, never to rise again."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader:
"We need to get to the bottom of the possible stock manipulation that is unfolding before the American people, including what, if any, advanced knowledge did members of the House Republican Conference have of Trump’s decision to pause the reckless tariffs that he put into place. There are several members of Congress who will be aggressively demanding answers and transparency, particularly as it relates to stock purchase decisions that may have occurred over the last few days."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader:
"There will be several avenues that we will be able to pursue and we’ll do so aggressively, and in fact because congressional rules, we know that members of the House of Representatives will have to disclose any stock trades that they’ve made 30 days from the date of those trades or potentially no later than 45 days. And so the reality is people are going to have to pay the piper in terms of disclosure, and so our point is you might as well get it out into the public domain now because it’s coming later, and there’s nothing that you can do about it."
6. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries walking away from lectern and exiting briefing room
STORYLINE:
House Minority Leader slammed the GOP after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for Johnson, and the next step in a lengthy process to unlock the centerpiece to the president’s domestic agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and a smaller federal government. A failed vote, particularly as the economy was convulsing over Trump’s trade wars, would have been a major setback for the party in power in Washington. Two conservative Republicans voted against it, as did all Democrats.
"The budget resolution that passed the House will set in motion some of the most extreme cuts to health care, nutritional assistance, and the things that matter to everyday Americans in our nation’s nearly 250-year history, it’s a disgrace," Jeffries said.
He also raised questions about possible misdeeds regarding stock manipulation ahead of President Donald Trump’s dramatic reversal on tariffs this week that led to a huge upsurge in stocks on Wall Street
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