Hakeem Jeffries

was very early on in the Congress. And I realized that something like 67 and a half percent of adults age 24 or older in America don't have a four-year college degree. And so that means that for decades, the path into the American dream, the path into a middle-class lifestyle actually didn't run through college alone.

And part of the reason that there's a lot of frustration now is that for many young people, young men, we've kind of abandoned that. And that's the jobs going overseas and the plants closing and the factories closing and the de-emphasis from an education standpoint on career and technical education, which is why I think actually we should lean in to both.

And part of the reason that there's a lot of frustration now is that for many young people, young men, we've kind of abandoned that. And that's the jobs going overseas and the plants closing and the factories closing and the de-emphasis from an education standpoint on career and technical education, which is why I think actually we should lean in to both.

And part of the reason that there's a lot of frustration now is that for many young people, young men, we've kind of abandoned that. And that's the jobs going overseas and the plants closing and the factories closing and the de-emphasis from an education standpoint on career and technical education, which is why I think actually we should lean in to both.

If you want to go to college, go to college, but career and technical education, Um, particularly, you know, with the advanced jobs that are available, not with a college degree, but you know, even if it was coding or AI, what the case may be in auto mechanic, the construction trades, these all can provide really good lifestyles.

If you want to go to college, go to college, but career and technical education, Um, particularly, you know, with the advanced jobs that are available, not with a college degree, but you know, even if it was coding or AI, what the case may be in auto mechanic, the construction trades, these all can provide really good lifestyles.

If you want to go to college, go to college, but career and technical education, Um, particularly, you know, with the advanced jobs that are available, not with a college degree, but you know, even if it was coding or AI, what the case may be in auto mechanic, the construction trades, these all can provide really good lifestyles.

And that had traditionally been available to a lot of young men in our country who could then provide for their families. And there is a frustration that it seems as if from a policy standpoint, we've walked away from leaning into that. And that's the majority of the American people. And I think that's certainly an area where it shouldn't be a Democratic policy, Republican policy.

And that had traditionally been available to a lot of young men in our country who could then provide for their families. And there is a frustration that it seems as if from a policy standpoint, we've walked away from leaning into that. And that's the majority of the American people. And I think that's certainly an area where it shouldn't be a Democratic policy, Republican policy.

And that had traditionally been available to a lot of young men in our country who could then provide for their families. And there is a frustration that it seems as if from a policy standpoint, we've walked away from leaning into that. And that's the majority of the American people. And I think that's certainly an area where it shouldn't be a Democratic policy, Republican policy.

It's the right thing to do for America.

It's the right thing to do for America.

It's the right thing to do for America.

I definitely think raising the minimum wage. My first minimum wage job, I was a messenger going from office to office to office here in Manhattan in my sophomore year of high school, and I made $3.35 an hour. I thought I was doing well at $3.35 an hour, and that was in the mid-'80s. But the fact that that was in the mid-'80s, and now it's still $7.25?

I definitely think raising the minimum wage. My first minimum wage job, I was a messenger going from office to office to office here in Manhattan in my sophomore year of high school, and I made $3.35 an hour. I thought I was doing well at $3.35 an hour, and that was in the mid-'80s. But the fact that that was in the mid-'80s, and now it's still $7.25?

I definitely think raising the minimum wage. My first minimum wage job, I was a messenger going from office to office to office here in Manhattan in my sophomore year of high school, and I made $3.35 an hour. I thought I was doing well at $3.35 an hour, and that was in the mid-'80s. But the fact that that was in the mid-'80s, and now it's still $7.25?

That's corrupt in terms of being there for the American people. We just introduced legislation that was set in motion. It's called the Raise the Wage Act that would set in motion an increase of the floor to $17 per hour.

That's corrupt in terms of being there for the American people. We just introduced legislation that was set in motion. It's called the Raise the Wage Act that would set in motion an increase of the floor to $17 per hour.

That's corrupt in terms of being there for the American people. We just introduced legislation that was set in motion. It's called the Raise the Wage Act that would set in motion an increase of the floor to $17 per hour.

Mandatory national service, I'm all in on.