Hakeem Jeffries

You know, we've seen extraordinary extremism unleashed on the American people, an assault on all of the things that matter.

Republican assault on the economy, on health care, on nutritional assistance, on veterans, on farmers, on law-abiding immigrant families, on the rule of law, on due process, on the American way of life, and of course on democracy itself.

It's the reason why more than 7 million people most recently came out in connection with the No Kings protests, came out peacefully, powerfully, and patriotically in order to express dissent with the fact that the country is moving in the wrong direction.

under Donald Trump and sycophantic Republicans in the House and the Senate who continue to behave like nothing more than a reckless rubber stamp.

So we're in a more is more environment and we're just going to have to continue to do more.

You know, more rallies, more protests, more speeches on the House floor, Senate floor, more town hall meetings in Democratic districts, more town hall meetings in Republican districts.

We've held a hearing every week during this shutdown here, and we'll continue to do that to amplify the voices of the American people in terms of who's being hurt by Donald Trump's policies, who's being hurt by the shutdown.

that Republicans have visited upon the American people, and who's being hurt by the Republican healthcare crisis, and we'll continue to do that.

But more will be required, and I understand that because this is an extraordinary, unprecedented moment of extremism being unleashed on the American people.

Last question.

The capital is quieter than usual, city a bit quieter than usual.

The president's about to leave.

He'll be halfway around the world.

It's going to only add to that.

He was going to go to Budapest to meet with President Putin.

Now apparently that's not happening.

What is your assessment of how hard he's being on the Russian president?

Is he being hard enough?

Could he be doing more?

Noted here, Steve Witkoff, his longtime business associate, was kind of running point on setting up this meeting between the two of them.