Hakeem Jeffries

Certainly, our view in the House is that we should stand by our men and women in uniform and make sure that they do not miss a paycheck.

Unfortunately, Speaker Johnson has ruled that out, saying it's not really an issue that he's prepared to deal with, in part because Republicans canceled votes last week, canceled votes this week.

Apparently, they may not be coming back next week.

And

What is that all for?

Why are they on vacation in the middle of a government shutdown, particularly as it relates to the real possibility that our military families might miss a paycheck that they cannot afford to miss?

We're urging Republicans to get back into town, allow us to deal with the military pay issue, allow us to deal with the Republican healthcare crisis, and allow us to reopen the government so we can enact a spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people.

Well, Maga Mike Lawler is an irrelevant individual.

He's a clout chaser, and he was stalking the Democratic Leadership Press Conference in ways that are unhinged.

And, you know, at the end of the day, our view is the people...

People who need to sit down and have the conversation with us, Republican leadership in the House and in the Senate, the Trump administration, including the president or the vice president or anyone that they designate, are the ones who are ultimately going to determine how we can find a bipartisan path out of it.

And we look forward to having those conversations.

But unfortunately, Republicans to date have declined to do that.

He's an irrelevant individual, and as I indicated, his behavior clearly speaks for itself.

Complete and total embarrassment as a description was a polite use of words.

Well, listen, as Democrats, what unites us is that we believe in a strong floor and no ceiling.

At the end of the day, in America, you work hard, you play by the rules.

There should be no ceiling to your success in terms of what you can achieve for yourself, for your family, and for your children.

At the same point in time, we also believe that in this great country, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, that we need a strong floor.

That strong floor includes Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid,