Hakeem Jeffries
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But it appears, unfortunately, as of the moment, he will not.
Yeah, well, listen, I think what's in front of us now is to try to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits because we know they expire by the end of December 31st.
And listen, we have a broken health care system.
There's a lot more that needs to be done to address it.
This is the wealthiest country in the history of the world.
health care, in our view, access to high quality health care cannot simply be a privilege available only to the wealthy and the well-off.
It should be a right that's available to everyday Americans and everyone.
And we're going to continue to fight for that principle generally and specifically as it relates to the extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.
Now, the government funding
is scheduled to lapse on January 30th.
And though that's just next month, that is a lifetime, uh, in Congress.
And so I think that there's an opportunity for us to come together in a bipartisan way to find the common ground to enact a spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people and avoids a shutdown.
Yeah, I certainly hope not.
And the American people, Democrats, Republicans, independents, do not support another foreign war.
We got big problems in this country.
The cost of living is out of control.
And Donald Trump did promise that he was going to lower costs on day one.
Of course that hasn't happened.
Costs haven't gone down.
Costs are going up.