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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans refuse to meet with [people from West Virginia…”

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

Hakeem Jeffries Press Conference

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:25

These are hardworking people, hardworking taxpayers, many from rural America and parts of the south who are here on Capitol Hill. Republicans refuse to meet with [people from West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina]. them. But we sat and spent hours with them earlier today hearing their stories, and they were encouraging us to stay in this fight on their behalf, to cancel the cuts, to lower the costs and to save healthcare. (04:25–04:27)

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Asserts that Republicans refused to meet with people from certain states regarding healthcare issues.

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