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Hakeem Jeffries: “House Republicans, led by Speaker Johnson, apparently…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on CNN's The Lead

Published | Video Starts at 00:59

It appeared as if the president and the administration was prepared to extend these tax credits for at least two years and or at least provide a good faith proposal for Congress to consider until House Republicans, led by Speaker Johnson, apparently intervene because they have zero interest in keeping health care affordable for the American people. That's very unfortunate. These Republican extremists have been playing games with the health care of the American people all year and things appear like they're going to get worse because … (00:59–01:10)

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Asserts that House Republicans are not interested in maintaining affordable healthcare.

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