‘Not Serious About Governing’: Hakeem Jeffries Shreds House Republicans' Legislation

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On Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held his weekly press briefing and spoke about tonight’s presidential debate and amendment fighting on the House floor.

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00:00Are you watching the debate tonight, and if so, how?

00:03I look forward to watching the debate.

00:06There are several gatherings that members of the House Democratic Caucus will be holding,

00:15including one being held by the Congressional Black Caucus that I plan to stop by this evening.

00:22What do you make of the political fighting going on on the floor right now when it comes to amendments on these spending bills,

00:32ranging from defunding Ukraine, cutting Mayorkas' salary?

00:36There was even one that didn't make it to the floor to oppose IVF.

00:41The extreme Republican majority is not serious about governing.

00:48They are serious about jamming their reckless far-right ideology down the throats of the American people.

00:57We've seen it from the very beginning of this Congress, and it has not let up, and it never will,

01:06because the House Republican Conference is completely and totally out of control.

01:10They needed Democrats to step in to save them from themselves and plunging this Congress into further dysfunction,

01:20and every single major piece of legislation that has moved forward in this Congress has done so

01:27because of majority support from House Democrats.

01:32That's the way it's been. That's the way it's going to be until the end of the 118th Congress.

‘Not Serious About Governing’: Hakeem Jeffries Shreds House Republicans' Legislation

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