Hakeem S. Jeffries

“Mr. Chairman, I also thank the distinguished top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, Representative Brendan Boyle, for yielding and for his incredible leadership. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to this America-last Republican budget that will provide billions of additional dollars to Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East, which has been a complete and total disaster for the American people.”

“Madam Speaker, I thank my good friend and colleague Representative Brendan Boyle from the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for yielding and for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this Republican scheme to waste $70 billion in taxpayer money to give a blank check to ICE without any guardrails, any oversight, or any accountability.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from the great State of New York (Mr. Meeks), the once and future chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for yielding and for his leadership, for his courage, his character, his conviction, and his patriotism.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend and colleague, the distinguished gentleman from the great State of California, Representative Mike Thompson, for yielding and for his leadership. We are here on the House floor debating this resolution that Republicans have introduced on tax day to celebrate themselves.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my distinguished colleague, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee, Jim McGovern, for yielding and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this partisan political stunt that Republicans have brought to the floor masquerading as legitimate legislation.”

“Madam Speaker, I also thank my distinguished colleague, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, the Honorable Rosa DeLauro, for yielding and for her tremendous leadership. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this Republican budget that prioritizes ICE brutality over the American people.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from Queens and the great State of New York, the once and future chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman who is my friend from the great State of Colorado, Representative Neguse, for yielding time and for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this rule, another reckless effort by the Republican majority to stop this House from doing something to stop the reckless Trump tariffs.”

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts for yielding and for his tremendous leadership on behalf of protecting the healthcare of the American people.”

“Madam Speaker, Madam Speaker Emerita, Senator Mark Kelly, the Arizona delegation, and to all of my colleagues who are present here today, I rise on the 15th anniversary of the tragic mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that took 6 lives and injured 13 others, including our former colleague, our good friend, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, an extraordinary American leader who I am pleased to say is here with us in the Chamber today.”

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call up a bipartisan motion to discharge legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure that tens of millions of everyday Americans do not experience dramatically increased premiums, copays, and deductibles that will prevent them from being able to go see a doctor when they need one.”

“Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity in this Congress in a bipartisan way to address the healthcare crisis in this country and to make sure that tens of millions of people have the ability to go see a doctor when they need one in this great country of ours.”