Hakeem Jeffries: “Presidential administrations have continued to provide…”

“Administration'S plan to pay for the RIC program with tariff revenue? Yeah, I'm unfamiliar with that plan. But. But what we've seen in prior shutdowns is that Presidential administrations have continued to provide support for Women, Infants and children [during prior shutdowns]. And that needs to continue right now. And to the extent that anything different happens, it will be another example of the Trump administration using the shutdown to continue to inflict cruelty on the American people.” (12:14–12:26)

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