Hakeem Jeffries Torches Recisions Bill, Says It Would Be 'Doing Elon Musk's Bidding'

During a press briefing on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about House Democrats' stance on the recessions bill.

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00:00Front row.

00:02At this podium, the rule for H.R. 4 also would include the rescissions rule.

00:08At this podium, you said you believe that it's going to be dead in the Senate.

00:12I want to ask both of you about that, if you still think that's the case.

00:15If you think that's the case, Mr. Leader.

00:17And also, if you think any Democrats in the House might vote for the rescissions package

00:21whenever it comes up for a vote.

00:22I think there's going to be strong Democratic opposition here in the House.

00:25We're going to work hard to kill the legislation here in the House of Representatives.

00:31This rescissions bill, which is doing Elon Musk's bidding in terms of devastating cuts to our

00:37ability as a country to protect our national security interests all across the world, and

00:44then at the same time, assaulting Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Elmo, and all of the people connected

00:51to Sesame Street.

00:52That's extraordinary.

00:53I mean, who are these people?

00:57Cruelty is the point.

00:59And so we're going to make the strongest possible case over the next two days here in the House,

01:06and then I defer to Leader Schumer in terms of what might happen in the Senate.

01:09Well, in the Senate, as you know, they can pass a rescission with 51 votes.

01:14We are going to fight this every step of the way.

01:17It's a very bad, bad thing to do, both on the substance and the policy.

01:23They're so much harder to go forward with if after a budget is approved, 51 votes can rescind

01:29something or anything.

01:31We have heard there's some disquiet among some Republicans in the Senate about rescission.

01:38We're going to fight it every step of the way.

01:40It's a very bad, bad thing to do, both on the substance and the policy.

01:46It's a very bad thing.

01:47It's a very bad thing.

01:48It's a very bad thing.

01:49It's going to be the case of the House of Governments in the House.

01:51I'm just wondering if there's any good things.