Hakeem Jeffries: “We are going to continue to make sure that your taxpayer…”

“And Congresswoman Velasquez and I are bringing home almost $2 million. I'm like, this is the million dollar club right now, y'. All. And We are going to continue to make sure that your taxpayer dollars are actually being spent to make your life better. That's how we conduct ourselves. That's what we believe is the right thing to do. Taxpayer dollars shouldn't be spent to unleash ICE brutality on the American people or law abiding immigrant families.” (12:45–12:57)

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