Hakeem Jeffries

Mr. Lewis, you're a colleague of mine, just call me John.

I said, yes, sir, Mr. Lewis, I understand.

And then he said, you're from Brooklyn, right?

Rev, I was tempted to say Brooklyn is always in the house.

But this was John Lewis, so I said, yes, sir.

I'm from Brooklyn.

Then he said something I've never forgotten.

He said, well, Washington DC can be a tough place, so I don't want you to get into any trouble here unless it's good trouble.

This is a John Lewis good trouble moment for all of us as we push back against these extremists.

And our promise to you as House Democrats

is that we're gonna work as hard as we can to lower the high cost of living, to fix our broken healthcare system, to clean up corruption, to get ICE under control, to end this failed, reckless, costly war of choice in Iran, and to make sure that we protect

the things that our heroes have worked so hard to ensure would be possible for generation after generation, which means one of the first things that we'll do on the other side of this midterm election is to pass the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act so we can end the era of voter suppression in the United States of America once and for all.

Good trouble moment for all of us.

So let's continue to show up and stand up and speak up for what we know is right.

And we're going to stand up for civil rights, stand up for voting rights, stand up for reproductive rights, stand up for immigration rights,

Stand up for women's rights.

Stand up for racial justice.

Stand up for social justice.

Stand up for economic justice.

Stand up for liberty and justice for all.