LEADER JEFFRIES: "DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he outlined the failure of the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to take any decisive actions to lower costs for hardworking American taxpayers, while Democrats continue to stand up on behalf of the American people.
LEADER JEFFRIES: Here in America, the cost of living is way too high. Donald Trump and Republicans promised that they were going to lower costs on day one. But costs aren't going down. Costs are going up. The Trump tariffs are making life more expensive for everyday Americans by thousands of dollars per year. Inflation, on the way up. Grocery costs, way up. Housing costs, way up. Child care costs, way up. Electricity prices, through the roof. And the American people know it. And Donald Trump and Republicans have failed to make their life more affordable. And now, in the midst of this 35-day Trump-Republican shutdown, Republicans refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, which is going to result in tens of millions of Americans experiencing dramatically increased premiums, co-pays and deductibles. In some cases, everyday Americans, working-class Americans and middle-class Americans are going to see their health insurance premiums increase by $1000 or $2000 per year because of the Republican refusal to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Donald Trump and Republicans in the House and the Senate have failed the American people and the American people know it. Democrats will continue to fight to lower the high cost of living, fix our broken healthcare system and to clean up corruption in the Congress, in the courts and certainly as it relates to Donald Trump and his administration, the most corrupt administration in American history. We want to reopen the government. We want to find a bipartisan path forward toward enacting a spending agreement that actually makes life better for the American people, that lowers costs for the American people, as opposed to the Trump economy, where things are getting more expensive by the day. And, of course, we have to decisively address the Republican healthcare crisis that is crushing the American people all across the land.
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