Mondaire Jones: “The vast majority, nearly all of House Democrats are in support of this president’s broadly supported economic agenda.”

Our enemies are only growing stronger and I'm talking about Russia and China, which is why we have to make sure that we keep our alliances strong.

Well, they're very troubling. In 1973, when Richard Nixon was president, they had the Saturday night massacre. Well, in 2025, we have the Friday night massacre, in this case, the president of the United States firing 17 inspectors general…

I am one of only nine openly gay members of this body. For me, this is personal. I still remember where I was on June 24, 2011. The day the New York State Legislature passed marriage equality.

Growing up, like many people in this room, I suspect, I watched as mostly--as straight politicians, many of them White, many of them men, used my basic human rights as a political football to further their careers.