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Hakeem Jeffries: “Cuts funding for local law enforcement, grants to support…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on Fox News Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 05:55

Fair. Right. We agree that current. No, we agree that current spending levels are unacceptable. And it also incorpor massive cuts that have occurred over the last several months and Cuts funding for local law enforcement, grants to support police officers by $500 million. So there's a variety of different challenges that we have with respect to this partisan Republican spending bill, but the main one is that we're facing this healthcare crisis. (05:55–06:04)

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