LEADER JEFFRIES: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE A SIMPLE MESSAGE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: YOU DESERVE BETTER"
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Democrats will continue to fight to lower the high cost of living, fix our broken healthcare system and clean up corruption.
LEADER JEFFRIES: House Democrats had a very active August District Work Period. We held more than a thousand different events all across the country, interacting with everyday Americans who we are privileged to represent. We talked about the economy, we talked about healthcare and we talked about cleaning up corruption here in Washington, D.C. In this great country, America has become far too expensive. The cost of living is way too high. Donald Trump and House Republicans repeatedly promised to lower the high cost of living on day one. They have failed. Costs aren't going down.They're going up. Inflation is going up. Electricity bills are skyrocketing. Everyday Americans are being hit with increased healthcare premiums, copays, deductibles and prescription drug prices. Housing costs have not gone down. They continue to go up. America is too expensive.
The One Big Ugly Bill remains deeply unpopular. In town hall meeting after town hall meeting after town hall meeting, House Republicans were unable to defend their signature so-called legislative accomplishment because it turns out that ripping healthcare away from millions of Americans, ending Medicaid as we know it, closing hospitals, shutting down nursing homes, forcing community-based health clinics to shutter their doors and failing to strengthen the Affordable Care Act are all deeply unpopular with Democrats, Independents and Republicans.
House Democrats have a simple message for the American people: You Deserve Better. We're going to fight hard to lower the high cost of living. We're going to fight hard to fix our broken healthcare system. And we're going to fight hard to clean up corruption so we can deliver a country of the people, by the people and for the people, as opposed to the type of country that we're seeing under Republican complete control of government, which is a country of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires. That's what the Republican One Big Ugly Bill was all about. They passed legislation that hurts everyday Americans in order to reward their billionaire donors with massive tax breaks. Our message for the American people is clear: You Deserve Better.
Full press conference can be watched here.