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Press Releases

April 5, 2024

Brooklyn, NY — Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 303,000 in March:


April 2, 2024

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:


March 29, 2024

Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released the following statement: 

“Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin’s government. We continue to condemn his baseless arrest, fabricated charges, and unjust imprisonment.


March 28, 2024

258 Members of Congress ask Supreme Court to affirm district court decision that under EMTALA, hospitals participating in Medicare must provide emergency stabilizing treatment to patients, including abortion care when necessary


March 27, 2024

Brooklyn, NY – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after Rep. Annie Kuster announced she will not seek another term in the House of Representatives. 

A champion for the Granite State, Annie Kuster has exemplified her family’s generations-long legacy of service to the people of New Hampshire and our country.


March 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor in support of the second six-bill appropriations minibus and Democrats' effort to fight back against extreme MAGA Republican attempts to jam their right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people.

 


March 21, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he highlighted that President Biden and House Democrats are continuing to move our country forward and prevent a catastrophic government shutdown, while extreme MAGA Republicans attempt to drag us backwards.  

 


March 19, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:


March 13, 2024

Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he highlighted that President Biden and House Democrats are continuing to move our country forward while extreme MAGA Republicans attempt to drag us backwards.  

 


March 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

The legislation before the Congress does not ban TikTok.