Hakeem Jeffries: “Some of them have been camping and then publicly bragging…”

“… that we actually need some leadership coming from Republicans in the House who have been missing in Action and on vacation for five consecutive weeks, they're going to get paid. Some of them have been camping and then publicly bragging about it. Others apparently have been in Russia. And yet hardworking federal employees are being asked to work without pay or being furloughed and don't know how they're going to put food on the table.” (17:14–17:23)

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