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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, a position he has held since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Jeffries has been an influential figure in the House of Representatives, serving as the House Democratic Caucus Chair since 2019. He is known for his advocacy on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and economic equity.
As House Democrats, our view is that while we work on making sure that the border can remain secure, while we work to fix our broken immigration system, we also are going to stand up for dreamers, farm workers and for law-abiding immigrant…
We are seeing sort of an unprecedented flood of extremism being unleashed on the American people, and it’s happened from the very beginning.
Donald Trump and Republicans promised to go after violent felons, but instead they’re going after law-abiding immigrant families.
Whoever’s going to be the next mayor of the city of New York really needs to articulate a concrete plan for making sure that working-class communities, including working-class neighborhoods of color, can still have a place in our great…
The issue that we have to deal with in New York City, which our Democratic nominee did talk about extensively during the primary campaign, is affordability.
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 …
This bill represents the largest cut to health care in American history. It’s an all-out assault on the health care of the American people.
Folks in this town talking about draining the swamp—guess what? You are the swamp.
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 the behalf of the American people. And that’s…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
Stop lying about Assemblyman Mamdani. He is neither a communist nor a lunatic. And New York City doesn't need to be saved by a wannabe King.
Today’s vote follows a historic speech from Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries warning of the bill’s devastating consequences for millions of Americans.
Sixty-nine percent of the net tax cuts would go to the richest fifth of Americans in 2026.
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…
I feel an obligation, Mr. Speaker, to stand on this House floor and take my sweet time.
As a result of the all-out Republican assault on healthcare, people will die. Tens of thousands, perhaps year after year, as a result of the Republican assault on the healthcare of the American people. I'm sad. I never thought that I'd be…
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