During a press briefing on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Republicans were making inflationary stresses on consumers "worse."
00:00I'm honored to be joined today by Whip Catherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar as we prepare to depart for the August district work period.
00:13The Trump administration and House Republicans have been a complete and total failure.
00:20These MAGA extremists promised that they were going to lower costs in the United States of America.
00:27In fact, they promised the American people that costs would go down on day one.
00:33But costs haven't gone down, they are on the way up.
00:38Inflation is up.
00:41It's the quality of life of everyday Americans that is deteriorating.
00:49And Donald Trump and House Republicans are making things worse.
00:53The one big ugly bill will rip away health care from millions of Americans.
01:01Hospitals will close.
01:02Nursing homes will shut down.
01:04Community-based health clinics will be unable to operate.
01:09And as a result of the inability of everyday Americans to get the medical care that they need, people will die.
01:18This is a direct result of action taken by Donald Trump and House Republicans connected to the one big ugly bill.
01:29It's extraordinary that as we prepare to leave for the August district work period, what House Republicans can point to is a toxic and extreme Republican budget that will cause millions of Americans to be broke, sick, and hungry.
01:50See, that's the legislative accomplishment of House Republicans.
01:58And all of this was done to reward billionaires with massive tax breaks.
02:06The one big ugly bill is deeply unpopular.
02:12Donald Trump is deeply unpopular.
02:17And House Republicans haven't done a damn thing to make life more affordable for the American people.
02:24During the August district work period, House Democrats will hold events all across the country talking about our efforts to build an affordable economy that lowers the high cost of living in the United States of America,
02:44to protect the health care of the American people, and to combat the culture of corruption that exists in this town, that undermines the ability to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
03:02We're looking forward to holding town hall meetings across the country at the same time that Republicans will continue to run away from town hall meetings.
03:16But we will fill the void that they are leaving and engage aggressively with the American people, all in service of building a country where everyone can experience the American dream.
