Hakeem Jeffries

President Biden has consistently made clear, and in fact, he introduced his budget two months ago. And it is a budget that will invest and protect in social security. It's going to try to strengthen the economy in a way that builds an…

If you have a bill, you need to pay it. If you fail to pay it, it's going to adversely impact your credit rating.

President Biden has produced a budget. House Republicans produced a ransom note.

It's dangerous, and if he keeps it up, he's going to get someone killed.

The twice impeached former President's rhetoric is reckless, reprehensible, and irresponsible. It's dangerous. And if he keeps it up, he's going to get someone killed.

It's about political revenge.

I do think that it is another data point on the journey in America, which is we are a government of the people, by the people and for the people. And that means that folks from a working-class neighborhood in central Brooklyn like myself…

I do think that the Biden administration is trying to tackle a tough issue in a way that is consistent with both the principle that America is a nation of immigrants – that gorgeous mosaic of people from across the world who come here to…

We're dealing right now with a Republican majority that is narrow, a House that is evenly divided. And that is going to require bipartisan cooperation. It doesn't mean unconditional surrender. Democrats are always going to stand behind our…

We are going to pursue an agenda that protects the public interest, that ensures economic opportunity in every corner of America.

Our general concern is that the dysfunction that was historic that we saw this week is not at an end, it's just the beginning.

House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, democracy over demagogues, economic opportunity over extremism, freedom over fascism, governing over gaslighting…

We're looking for a willing partner to solve problems for the American people not save the Republicans from their own dysfunction.

I support the Respect for Marriage Act, I respect freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

We look forward to finding opportunities to partner with the other side of the aisle, and work with them, whenever possible. But we will also push back, against extremism, whenever necessary.

We're going to work hard.

I stand on the shoulders, of people, like Shirley Chisholm, and so many others, as we work to advance the ball for everyday Americans, and get stuff done, because that's what Democrats do.

Again, we are going to follow the public health guidance. Out of courtesy, we are having this colloquy, but we can't have a colloquy if the gentleman is dissatisfied with my answers and such that he is consistently not permitting me to…

I think he has yielded the time to me, so I can yield it back to him at the appropriate time.

I think, one, we have been operating under a public health emergency. But in the constraints of that, again, following the guidance of the public health professionals, that is how we have been operating.

Well, I think the gentleman raises a very important observation that the American people expect us to lead. I think during the 117th Congress, that is absolutely what has been done. We have led by passing the American Rescue Plan; saved…

Well, that is a decision that ultimately will be made by the Speaker, in consultation with other members of leadership, but being guided by the public health professionals. The Capitol Physician has guided the decision up until this point…

Well, there are ongoing negotiations in good faith. There have been several exigencies that have arisen; but I don't have visibility into the actual, precise nature of the negotiations right now. As I mentioned, on our end, certainly they…

The Senate has apparently moved for cloture on Tuesday. So, one, it is our expectation that we are going to have an opportunity to vote to make sure that we fund the government beyond September 30. In terms of legislative text, the…

There is a real concern that the principle that no one is above the law in America is not actually in practice when it comes to the behavior that Donald Trump has repeatedly engaged in.