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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Budgets are moral documents. And in our view, Mr. Speaker, budgets should be designed to lift people up. This reckless Republican budget that we are debating right now … tears people down …

newrepublic.com
Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

I feel the obligation, Mr. Speaker, to stand on this House floor and take my sweet time to tell the stories of the American people, and that's exactly what I intend to do—take my sweet time on behalf of the American people.

newsweek.com
Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

This reckless Republican budget is an immoral document, and that is why I stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives with my colleagues in the House Democratic caucus to stand up and push back against it with everything we…

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

We’re in a more is more environment. And House Democrats are going to continue to do everything that we can to stand up on behalf of the American people.

cnbc.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, the promise was little more than a scam.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

I’m here today to make it clear that I’m going to take my time and ensure that the American people fully understand how damaging this bill will be to their quality of life.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Today’s vote follows a historic speech from Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries warning of the bill’s devastating consequences for millions of Americans.

commondreams.org
Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jul 3, 2025

Today’s order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial.

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jul 3, 2025

What the government wants to do, concretely, is send the eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood…

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Sonia Sotomayor
@soniasotomayor· NY· Jul 3, 2025

What the Government wants to do, concretely, is send the eight noncitizens it illegally removed from the United States from Djibouti to South Sudan, where they will be turned over to the local authorities without regard for the likelihood…

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Mike Lawler
@mikelawler· Republican · NY· Jul 3, 2025

This bill starts to make significant savings across the entirety of the federal government so that we can actually reduce spending and bring down the cost of living for Americans.

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Mike Lawler
@mikelawler· Republican · NY· Jul 3, 2025

No, once the American people understand everything that is in the bill as opposed to what the Democrats have told them is in the bill, they are going to support the largest tax cut they have seen.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Republicans are trying to take a chainsaw to Social Security, a chainsaw to Medicare, a chainsaw to Medicaid, a chainsaw to the healthcare of the American people, a chainsaw to nutritional assistance for hungry children, a chainsaw to farm…

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported.

newrepublic.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.

newsweek.com
Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Press on for the rule of law. Press on for the American way of life. Press on for democracy. We’re going to press on until victory is won.

huffpost.com
Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Dr. King said that if you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But at all times, press on.

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Hakeem Jeffries
@hakeemjeffries· Democratic · NY· Jul 3, 2025

Republicans are trying to take a chain saw to Social Security, a chain saw to Medicare, a chain saw to Medicaid, a chain saw to the health care of the American people, a chain saw to nutritional assistance for hungry children, a chain saw…

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