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Hakeem Jeffries: “They found $40 billion dollars to bail out Argentina.”

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

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House Democratic Leadership Presser

Published | Video Starts at 34:45

There would be no need for a stopgap because you could start passing individual appropriations bills, including addressing some of the issues that you're demanding. They found $40 billion dollars to bail out Argentina. in order to benefit and enhance the lifestyles of the rich and shameless, those financiers who are connected to this corrupt Argentinean deal, but they can't find a dime to … (34:45–34:52)

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