Hakeem Jeffries

He and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries have led our industry into a new era of cooperation with the introduction of the Music Modernization Act of 2017.

Unlike many things in Washington, D.C., these days, this legislation actually has bipartisan support.

This will dramatically improve fairness for songwriters in terms of how their work is valued.

Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Nadler, we greatly appreciate your leadership on this multiyear copyright and music licensing review.

I look forward continuing to work together for the gentleman's advocacy. We will dissect this tax bill for the American people, continue to discuss it, expose its fraudulent nature, and also lay out in clear terms the better deal we are…

Absolutely. And I found this sort of whole discussion of trying to punish taxpayers in California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, and Pennsylvania to benefit States in the Deep South or other parts of the country that already…

It is totally outrageous, and it is exactly why the gentleman's concern about what our colleagues may be attempting to do with respect to the infrastructure bill is real. Because what we have just seen is an effort to massively transfer…

The Republican tax scam will raise taxes on 36 million middle class Americans, undermine Medicare, and explode the deficit. It will saddle our children and grandchildren with more than $1 trillion in additional debt simply to pay for an…

While House Democrats continue to focus on better jobs, better wages, and a better future for the American people, House Republicans have put forward a phony, fraudulent, and fake tax reform plan. The Republican tax scam will raise taxes…

The Attorney General of the United States of America should not be held to a different standard than the young police officer whose life you ruined by prosecuting him for perjury.

Last night all throughout our great country, hatred lost in America; fear-mongering lost in America, race- baiting lost in America, xenophobia lost in America, homophobia lost in America, Confederate monuments lost in America, the war on…

Another day, another tragedy here in America. These are difficult times in this country, and it seems that we have spent the last several months careening from one tragedy to the next: from the congressional baseball shooting to…

I think that is a great question, and it is deeply troubling. You hear the words ``regular order.'' That is a Washington, D.C., phrase, but we can translate it for the American people. Regular order equals democracy, and democracy is being…

There's no evidence that the DNC reached in artificially shaped the results.

And I think we have to separate things. So you had the process and what was taking place underneath the roof of the DNC, and that's one thing. But you've got primaries and caucuses in 50 states.

And we cannot be successful in the midterm elections if we're fighting amongst each other when we have a president, Donald Trump, that many of us believe, is an existential threat to our values.

I mean I think -- well first of all, I got great respect for Donna Brazile and she's done a lot for the Democratic Party and for progressive politics over several decades. It's obviously a messy situation in terms of what happened or may…

These are all extremely close Trump associates who've been disingenuous about their communications when Donald Trump continues to maintain nothing happened. It's all a hoax.

The average American can reasonably ask the question, why was so many high-level members and associates of the Trump campaign meeting with Russian governmental officials at the same time they were attacking our democracy and then lied…

And so the real question is, it's just one big coincidence or is this something more insidious that was involved? And the American people deserve answers to those questions.

We've got 17 different intelligence agencies that have concluded that Russia interfered with the election for the purpose of electing Donald Trump.

Republicans have once again presented a budget that is reckless, regressive, and reprehensible. It is a budget that would hurt working families, the middle class, the poor, the sick, the afflicted, veterans, and rural America. It is even a…

It is a threat to our free democratic system in this sense and we need our allies together.

And so, when you take all of this into account, is it not fair to say Congress should be intimately involved in whatever framework is developed from a bilateral standpoint or multilateral standpoint in terms of dealing with data sharing?

I want to thank Congressman Marino for his leadership in this area.