Hakeem Jeffries

They said, dad, you've been shortchanging us our whole lives. Your sons are here? They're not here. Oh. I've told it before them in the past. And, um, but that's how much she believed in higher education as a pathway. But when I got in the public service, you know, what was startling for me, having had that life experience.

They said, dad, you've been shortchanging us our whole lives. Your sons are here? They're not here. Oh. I've told it before them in the past. And, um, but that's how much she believed in higher education as a pathway. But when I got in the public service, you know, what was startling for me, having had that life experience.

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.

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.

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?