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Hakeem Jeffries: “What we have to do as the Article 1 branch of government is…”

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

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Iran, Border Security and Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 16:48

Is this a performative act at this point? Because frankly, if the president decides to bomb Iran or capture the president of Venezuela, what are you going to do about it? Yeah, well, What we have to do as the Article 1 branch of government is reclaim our authority as a separate and co-equal branch. which unfortunately our Republican colleagues have declined to do, in fact. So how can you do that? Well, we can do it by beginning to actually bring legislation to the floor that is consistent with the values of our framers. (16:48–17:03)

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Asserts the need for Congress to reclaim its authority as a co-equal branch of government.

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