LEADER JEFFRIES: “REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE”

LEADER JEFFRIES: “REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE” – Congressman Hakeem JeffriesSkip to contentSearch SUBMIT Congressman Hakeem JeffriesSearchMenu Toggle2023 ACADEMY NIGHT2024 Virtual State of the District AddressAboutAccessibilityAffordable InternetApril 13 – Community Health and Wellness FairApril 27, 2024 – Constituent Services Resource FairApril 28, 2024 – U.S. Service Academy Information SessionBRINGING MANUFACTURING JOBS BACK TO AMERICA THROUGH THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACTClergy BreakfastCommunity Meeting and Youth Job Fair – March 16 at 12:00 p.m.Community Project FundingFY 2024 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTSConference Call With Clergy on COVID-19 ReliefCONGRESSIONAL CAREER FAIRConsumer ProtectionContactEmail MeInvite Me to SpeakNewsletter and Text Update SubscriptionOfficesCentral Brooklyn District OfficeSouth Brooklyn District OfficeWashington, DC OfficeReport a Website ProblemRequest a MeetingCopyrightCOVID-19 Information and ResourcesCriminal JusticeDelivering for Those Who ServedDELIVERING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TO NEW YORK THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACTDisaster PreparednessEconomy and WorkforceEducationRep. 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Throughout this Congress, we have repeatedly done just that. In the same period of time, we’ve made clear that we will push back against MAGA extremism whenever necessary.We will push back against MAGA extremism with respect to their efforts to criminalize abortion care. House Democrats will always defend a woman’s freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions, and that includes birth control and IVF. House Democrats will push back against Republican extremism when it comes to their efforts to end Social Security and Medicare as we know it. We believe in protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare. House Democrats will continue to push back against the extreme MAGA Republican effort to decimate the progress that we made in combating the climate crisis through the Inflation Reduction Act. But we are ready, we are willing, we are able, at all times, to find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues. We are prepared to do that with respect to reaching a spending agreement under the same terms that were agreed upon in connection with the Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act. That means a topline spending number of $1.681 [trillion], not a penny less.We are prepared to move forward with an enlightened farm bill. But that, of course, requires extreme MAGA Republicans to walk away from their effort to cut nutritional assistance for children and veterans by $30 billion, the largest proposed cut in three decades. We are prepared to find common ground in a bipartisan way with respect to the National Defense Authorization Act, but that will require extreme MAGA Republicans to walk away from any effort that they may try to inject into what is now a bipartisan agreement that came out of the Armed Services Committee by a vote of 57 to 1 and should be kept bipartisan. And if that, in fact, is the case, we can move on this legislation in a bipartisan way and get it out of the House in the next week or two. Our concern is that the extreme Republicans may try to jam their reckless right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people, criminalize abortion care or restrict the ability of women in uniform to make their own reproductive health care decisions.If they go down that road again, that would be a futile exercise when it comes to actually a legislative result. So there’s some items that are in front of us that we are prepared to work through in partnership with our Republican colleagues, but it requires traditional Republicans to walk away from the Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world and get serious about doing the business of the American people.Full press conference can be watched here. ### Back to News Share: FacebookTwitterNewsletter Sign UpSubscribe to our e-newsletter that provides updates on important issues, my work in the Congress and what's happening in our district.EmailSubmitBill SearchPlease select and optionCurrent LegislationAll LegislationAll Sources--MembersCongressional RecordCommittee ReportsNominationsSearch for a billSubmit QueryOffice LocationsWashington, DC Office 2433 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-5936 Hours: M-F 9 am - 5 pm Central Brooklyn District Office 55 Hanson Place Suite 603 Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: (718) 237-2211 Hours: M-F 9am - 5pm South Brooklyn District Office 445 Neptune Avenue, 1st Floor Community Room 2C Brooklyn, NY 11224 Phone: (718) 373-0033 Hours: M-F 9am - 5pm ToolsAccessibilityPrivacyCopyright