LEADER JEFFRIES: “HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE AMERICA”

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference, where he emphasized that while House Republicans are failing the American people on every front, Democrats are fighting to lower costs, protect healthcare and hold corrupt crooks accountable.

LEADER JEFFRIES:More than 18 months into Donald Trump's presidential term, the verdict is clear: Donald Trump and House Republicans have failed the American people. Costs haven't gone down in the United States of America. Costs have gone up. ICE is completely and totally out of control, spending billions of taxpayer dollars to brutalize and kill American citizens and to violently target law-abiding immigrants. The Trump tariffs have cost the American people thousands of dollars per year in additional expense. Republicans have enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, and, as a result, hospitals, nursing homes and community-based health centers all across the country, particularly in rural America, are on the brink of closure. Republicans have refused to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, putting in jeopardy the health insurance of more than 20 million Americans and causing premiums to skyrocket, in some instances more than $1,000 in additional expense per month.

Donald Trump and Republicans have launched a reckless war of choice in the Middle East that hasn't made America safer, but that has resulted in the tragic death of 18 brave servicemembers. Hundreds more have been seriously injured, including confronting the possibility of traumatic brain injury for the rest of their lives. More than $100 billion in taxpayer money has been wasted by Donald Trump over in the Middle East, a war that he promised never to get us into. And yet, one of the main things that has changed as a result of that reckless and costly war of choice-Operation Epic Failure-is that gas prices have dramatically increased and are now north of $4 per gallon across the country.

Donald Trump and Republicans have failed the American people, which is why they clearly are on the run and are on the verge of losing control of the House of Representatives. In many instances, Republicans have already lost control of the Floor of the House of Representatives, as Democrats just demonstrated once again by successfully passing a War Powers Resolution as part of our continuing effort to bring Donald Trump's reckless war of choice in the Middle East to a close.

House Democrats are fighting for an affordable America. And as we return home to our districts all across the country, we will make clear to the American people that our promise to them is to lower the cost of groceries, gas and housing. Our promise to the American people is that we will fight for affordable healthcare for every single American. And our promise to the American people is that we will hold the crooks accountable. If you're a crook in the United States of America and you've been stealing from the American people, we're coming after you so we can deliver a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Full press conference can be watched here.

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