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Hakeem Jeffries: “America is alive and well!”

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Comment after Democrats secured control of the House of Representatives.

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This is a change election. And we understand as House Democrats we need to deliver dramatic change. Things are broken. We need a Congress that puts the American people first.

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And, of course, we also need to end this war because the war has dramatically increased gas prices, fertilizer prices and diesel costs.

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Things are broken. We need a Congress that puts the American people first.

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