Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he highlighted that while extreme MAGA Republicans are jamming their dangerous right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people, House Democrats are fighting for reproductive freedom, our national security and hardworking American taxpayers.

LEADER JEFFRIES: Good morning, everyone. As Members of Congress we have a responsibility to at all times protect the health, the safety, the national security and the economic well-being of the American people. To honor that responsibility, we need, each and every year, to pass a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act. The National Defense Authorization Act legislation pending before the Congress advanced out of the Armed Services Committee on a strongly bipartisan vote, 57 to 1, and contained the types of provisions that earned bipartisan support in order to make sure that we had the military readiness necessary to protect the American people in an increasingly dangerous world.

The National Defense Authorization Act advanced out of the Armed Services Committee 57 to 1 and laid the foundation to be able to move bipartisan legislation through the House of Representatives. But the extreme MAGA Republicans are not interested in governing. They do not care about the health, the safety, the national security and the economic well-being of the American people. And so, they have hijacked the National Defense Authorization Act in order to jam their extreme right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people.

Extreme MAGA Republicans are trying to once again march us toward a nationwide abortion ban and restrict the reproductive freedom of women serving in the military. Extreme MAGA Republicans are once again attacking the LGBTQ+ community with a particular focus on bullying transgender children. Something is really wrong with these individuals. Extreme MAGA Republicans want to undermine the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion within the military, when Black and Latino citizens of the United States of America disproportionately serve in uniform. Something is really wrong with these individuals on the other side of the aisle. They are not serious about governing. Instead, all they care about is bending the knee to Donald Trump.

Full press conference can be watched here. 

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