Hakeem Jeffries

I am struggling to try to figure out why this Administration proposes essentially to slash $1.5 trillion in Medicaid

I am here to request that the First Step Act receive the full funding amount authorized by law.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on funding priorities for the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

It needs to be an 'all of the above' approach. It needs to be defensive barriers.

And I know Ms. Meng mentioned something. I am glad that she had an opportunity to go to the border, because if you see it firsthand and you talk to the professionals and you are objective, you see there is a crisis.

In June of 2018, when asked if the zero-tolerance policy would be deterring, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, 'Yes, hopefully, people will get the message.'

The Trump administration's family separation policy and the practice of ripping children out of the hands of their parents was un-American, unacceptable, and unconscionable.

In my view, this is a victory for the American people because we have finally put to bed the notion that shutdowns are legitimate negotiating tactic when there's a dispute between two co-equal branches of government.

He shuts down the government for 35 days in a reckless fashion and then says uncle at the end and engages in an unconditional surrender when he could have gotten at least $1.6 billion.

He walked away from a $25 billion border wall deal in exchange for DACA.

What does seem to be the case is that this is more bluster and misdirection from the President of the United States of America because he apparently is concerned that despite his promise that we will going to get sick of the winning, all…

The investigation into Russia's attack on our democracy is not a witch hunt, it is not a fishing expedition, it is not a hoax, it is not a lynch mob.

The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of their life, the children; those who are in the twilight of their life, the elderly; and those are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the…

I reject the idea that we must pit defense and non-defense discretionary spending against each other, as proposed by the Trump Administration in previous budgets.

It is hard to have that legitimate debate when the NRA functions as holding others who are supposedly participating in this debate like they are holy on subsidiaries.

This is a gun violence epidemic that we have in America.

We can have a legitimate debate about how to deal with the gun violence epidemic.

Read the transcript, President Trump says. We have read the transcript, and it is damning evidence of a corrupt quid pro quo. This is corruption and abuse of power in its purest form.

We have a hater in the White House, the birther in chief, the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 31 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to…

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows H. Res. 26 Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to…

That was the sole purpose of Dodd-Frank to make sure that we got it right so this couldn't happen again.

Because at the end of the day, what we are really fundamentally talking about is that you have a situation that has been set up, consistent with the United States Constitution, Article I, section 8, clause 8, which talks about promoting…

But with respect to many of the companies that you represent, you have these contracts of adhesion where the same internet users that you are saying you are here before the committee to defend are waiving their rights to participate in the…

Do you think that that singular notice is a step in the right direction?