LEADER JEFFRIES: "HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL CONTINUE TO STRONGLY OPPOSE THE GOP TAX SCAM"
Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Democrats will continue to push back on the GOP Tax Scam that kicks nearly 14 million people off their healthcare and takes food away from millions of Americans to give huge tax breaks to billionaires.
LEADER JEFFRIES: This is a make or break week for the American people. House Democrats will continue to strongly oppose the GOP Tax Scam, where Republicans are trying to jam this big, ugly bill down the throats of the American people, which will take away healthcare, impose the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history and hurt veterans, hurt children, hurt seniors, hurt people with disabilities, result in hospitals closing, nursing homes shutting down and, because of the fact that almost 14 million people will lose their ability to access healthcare, people will die. House Republicans are trying to jam this reckless and extreme budget down the throats of the American people and hide what's in it, which is why, in an extraordinary way, they are holding a Rules Committee hearing to advance the bill at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. If this legislation is designed to make life better for the American people, can someone explain to me why they would hold a hearing to advance the bill at 1:00 a.m. in the morning?
It's because the Republicans know that their efforts to take away healthcare from millions of Americans is deeply unpopular. Republicans know that the effort to enact the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history, which will literally take food from the mouths of children, veterans and seniors, is deeply unpopular. Republicans know that providing their billionaire donors with a massive tax break for people like Elon Musk and at the same time exploding the deficit by trillions of dollars is deeply unpopular. That's why Republicans are going to try to advance this bill in the dead of night at 1:00 a.m. in the morning. Trump and House Republicans can run away from their extreme budget proposal. We will never let them hide.
Full press conference can be watched here.