LEADER JEFFRIES: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNIFIED, READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO GET TO WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERYDAY AMERICANS"
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) held a press availability after Republican chaos and dysfunction prevented the House from organizing on opening day for the first time in 100 years.
JEFFRIES: "It's my honor to stand here with the House Democratic Whip, Katherine Clark, and the House Democratic Caucus Chair, Pete Aguilar. I want to thank Katherine for doing an extraordinary job today, making sure that Democrats were present, voting and entirely unified through the three different votes that took place. And I want to thank Pete Aguilar for his very kind and generous and thoughtful words of nomination. Today, for the first time in 100 years, the House of Representatives failed to organize on opening day. A sad day for the House of Representatives as an institution. A sad day for democracy. It's a sad day for the American people. House Democrats are unified, ready, willing and able to get to work on behalf of everyday Americans. We are prepared to try to find common ground with the other side of the aisle to solve problems on behalf of the American people but we don't have a willing partner in House Republicans.
House Democrats are ready to continue to build upon the incredible progress that we made on behalf of the American people in the last Congress and continue to advocate and fight for better-paying jobs, lower costs, safer communities, defend democracy, fight for freedom, protect the public interest and ensure economic opportunity in every single corner of America. We're ready, willing and able to get to work on behalf of the American people, but we don't have a partner on the other side of the aisle because the Republican Conference has apparently been taken over by Extreme MAGA Republicans. And to the extent there are reasonable individuals on the other side of the aisle, they have no way out. Sad day for the institution of the House of Representatives, a sad day for democracy and a sad day for the American people."
The full press availability can be watched here.
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