Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans have decided to get us into a reckless war of…”

“Housing costs are out of control. Health care costs are out of control. Grocery bills are out of control. Gas prices are out of control. But because Republicans have decided to get us into a reckless war of choice in the Middle east, spending billions of dollars to drop bombs in Iran. Mr. Speaker, we're here dealing with a partisan spending bill that the Senate has already indicated is dead on arrival. And so Republicans have taken the decision to own this shutdown decisively.” (10:53–11:06)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.