LEADER JEFFRIES: "THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REJECT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER UNJUSTIFIED FOREIGN WAR"
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke at a press conference, where he emphasized that House Democrats are committed to lowering the high cost of living and protecting healthcare, while the Trump administration has done nothing to benefit the American people.
LEADER JEFFRIES: The Trump administration has started 2026 in the same way that they spent all of 2025: unleashing chaos, crisis and corruption at levels unprecedented in modern American history. The Trump administration has not done a damn thing throughout its entire time in office to make life better for the American people. Donald Trump and the administration and the Republican extremists, they promised all of 2024, when they were on the campaign trail trying to get power, that they were going to lower costs. In fact, it was Donald Trump who said costs would go down on day one of his administration. A year later, costs haven't gone down in the United States of America. Costs have gone up.
The affordability crisis is not a hoax. It is very real. Housing costs out of control, grocery costs out of control, utility costs out of control, child care costs out of control and healthcare costs out of control. This week, as a result of a Democratic-led effort, the House of Representatives will vote on bipartisan legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits so we can prevent tens of millions of Americans from experiencing dramatically-increased premiums, co-pays and deductibles this month, increases that in some cases could result in everyday Americans paying $1,000 or $2,000 more per month. Completely and totally unacceptable in the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world.
House Democrats are going to continue to fight to lower the high cost of living, fix our broken healthcare system and make life better for everyday Americans, while Donald Trump and the administration is off starting wars, most recently connected to the unauthorized military action in Venezuela. This wasn't a law enforcement action. They're lying to the American people when they say that. It was an unprecedented military act. And yes, in fact, it is the case that Maduro is a bad guy. A dictator. Someone who was not the legitimate head of government or head of state in Venezuela. We also know that the future of the Venezuelan people should be determined by the Venezuelan people, not by Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth or Stephen Miller. Are you kidding me? These people don't even know how to run the United States of America. And we're supposed to believe that there's any credibility to the notion that the Trump administration is going to run Venezuela, a country of 30 million people in South America? The American people reject the possibility of another unjustified foreign war that seems to be on the horizon because of Trump's desire to reward Big Oil in the United States of America while continuing to not do a damn thing to make life better for the American people.
Full press conference can be watched here.