LEADER JEFFRIES: "REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T BROUGHT A SINGLE BILL TO THE FLOOR THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THE HIGH COST OF LIVING"
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference, where he emphasized that House Democrats know Americans deserve better then the extremism of the Trump administration and are laser focused on lowering costs, fixing the Republican healthcare crisis and fighting corruption, including with the release of the Epstein files.
LEADER JEFFRIES: Next week, throughout America, families will be gathered together at the dining room table, and millions of Americans are going to experience sticker shock as they prepare for Thanksgiving. The Trump administration itself acknowledges that the cost of turkeys has gone up 40% since last November. Grocery costs are through the roof, housing costs out of control, electricity bills through the roof. And the Trump administration and Republicans here in Congress continue to refuse to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. That means that tens of millions of Americans are about to experience dramatically-increased premiums, copays and deductibles. In some cases, health insurance costs are going to go up $1,000 or $2,000 per month. We have a cost of living crisis in the United States of America, and Donald Trump and Republicans haven't done a damn thing about it. In fact, costs aren't going down, costs are going up all throughout America, and the Trump tariffs are costing everyday Americans thousands of dollars in additional expense per year.
Now, House Republicans were on vacation for seven plus weeks, a taxpayer-funded vacation, until they were forced to crawl back into town. We have a week of legislative session that began on Monday and will last until Friday, and House Republicans haven't brought a single bill to the Floor that actually addresses the high cost of living in the United States of America. It's perplexing. What is wrong with these people? What did they not get from their shellacking two weeks ago, all across America, up and down the ballot, in state after state after state, where the American people have made clear we don't support Republican extremism, Republicans have done nothing to make all life better, and we're thankful for Democrats for continuing to lean in to driving down the high cost of living. And now we're in the midst of this healthcare affordability fight, and Donald Trump's response to it is, let's repeal the Affordable Care Act. No credible plan to make healthcare more affordable for the American people. Donald Trump's plan, adopted by House Republicans, is let's repeal the Affordable Care Act, and we're going to continue to refuse to extend tax credits that make healthcare more affordable for working-class Americans, middle-class Americans and everyday Americans. House Democrats are going to continue to stand on the side of the American people. Our fight will be to continue to lower the high cost of living, to address the Republican healthcare crisis, fix our broken healthcare system, extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits and actually do things that are designed to make life more affordable for the American people.
Full press conference can be watched here.