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Hakeem Jeffries: “Speaker Johnson has no intention of bringing Republicans…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Press

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

If Speaker Johnson brings the House back in session to vote on that bill, is that something House Democrats could support? It seems to me that Speaker Johnson has no intention of bringing Republicans back to Washington to do their jobs because they're the ones that shut down the government. They can't justify why they shut the government down. We as Democrats have made clear we want to sit down with anyone, anytime, any place in order to reopen the … (04:36–04:46)

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Asserts that Speaker Johnson does not intend to bring Republicans back to work.

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