Reporter Asks Jeffries About Rescissions Bill Vote: 'Do You Expect Any Delay Tactics Tonight?'

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During a press conference on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked whether he would attempt to delay the rescissions package vote that night.

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00:00Question?

00:01Mr. Leader, good morning. Good afternoon.

00:03Good to see you.

00:05Do you expect any delay tactics tonight to try to stall this?

00:09You set a record with a speech just a couple of weeks ago.

00:13Well, it's not clear what the challenges are right now in terms of why Republicans have been unable to bring these bills to the floor

00:24so we can actually debate them and lay out for the American people why their efforts to slash and burn funding

00:33is going to hurt public health, public safety, and the dissemination of public information to places like small towns and rural America.

00:46That's going to be the impact of the rescissions package.

00:50And so, as of the moment, we're just looking forward to an active and robust debate on the House floor

00:58so we can lay out for the American people why Republicans continue to take steps to hurt them as opposed to helping them.

01:07So not anticipating a magic minute like you did a couple of weeks ago?

01:10I do expect to participate in the debate, and I expect that I will speak longer than a minute.

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