Hakeem Jeffries: GOP Is Marching Us Toward A 'Government Shutdown That Will Hurt The American People'

During a press briefing on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about the GOP budget plan.

Transcript

00:00Schumer, we had a very strong and productive, open-ended, and comprehensive conversation

00:08about the way forward on behalf of the American people.

00:11House and Senate Democrats are in complete and total alignment, as Leader Schumer indicated.

00:18In order to arrive at an appropriations agreement that meets the needs of the American people

00:24in terms of their health, their safety, national security, and economic well-being,

00:30it has to be a bipartisan process that's bicameral in nature.

00:34Democrats, Republicans, House, and Senate.

00:37And as has always been the case, we're prepared to engage in those discussions in good faith.

00:44But House Republicans are not there.

00:46House Republicans are, in fact, marching us toward a possible government shutdown

00:51that will hurt the American people.

00:53We remain ready, willing, and able to have the type of appropriations process

01:01that will yield a good result for the American people,

01:05but that process must be bipartisan and bicameral in nature.

01:13Senator Murray.

01:14Yeah.

01:15You're doing a great job.