On C-SPAN's Washington Journal Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) talked about immigration reform efforts in both the House and Senate as well as the economy, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also discussed responded to Robert Mueller’s previous day admission in National Security Agency phone record data collection programs, gun violence, and other […]

WASHINGTON- On June 18, 2013, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the House Floor urging a no vote on the controversial House Republican bill, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H.R. 1797.  If enacted, the bill would prohibit abortions in the United States beginning at 20 weeks following conception.  H.R. 1797 passed the House 228 – […]

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries questioned FBI Director Robert Mueller during a full committee hearing on Oversight on the Federal Bureau of Investigation on June 13, 2013. Click on the image below to listen to the interview Rep. Jeffries had with Steve Scott from WCBS 880 radio in which he discusses the hearing. [[{“fid”:”437″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”299″,”width”:”221″,”title”:”WCBS”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was a member of this year’s  House Democrats Baseball Team. He wore a Brooklyn Cyclones uniform in tribute to his hometown Brooklyn, NY. Please click on the image below to watch a video posted by the Washington Post: [[{“fid”:”436″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”509″,”width”:”801″,”style”:”width: 801px; height: 509px; border-width: 2px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px;”,”title”:”TPM – HJ 6.13.13″,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, June 12, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a 21-page brief citing the possibility of appointing a federal monitor over the New York Police Department (NYPD) if the controversial stop and frisk program is found unconstitutional during an on-going class action civil trial in New York City. “The potential involvement of […]

It’s been an intense but productive adjustment to the House for the New York City congressman. Remember ninth grade? You had to navigate an unfamiliar campus, find your locker, join a few clubs and make nice with the upperclassmen. Well, that’s a reasonable facsimile of what the first month of 2013 was like for 42-year-old Hakeem […]

WASHINGTON – A little-noticed amendment from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is winning support from the NAACP and other civil rights groups that have been cool to the underlying immigration reform bill. The civil rights groups have worried the Senate immigration bill would make it tougher for people from Africa and the Caribbean to immigrate to […]

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries voted against the House Republican student loan bill, “Smarter Solutions for Students Act,” H.R. 1911.  This bill will not adequately address the student loan crisis we have in our country. “A college education is the gateway to the American Dream for working families and those who aspire to be […]

[[{“fid”:”412″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”263″,”width”:”492″,”title”:”NY1- Student Loan Hit”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]] The House is likely to vote this week on a plan that would keep student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1, but some Democrats say that plan is actually worse than doing nothing. Washington bureau reporter Michael Scotto filed the following report. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Politicians are once […]

Another major step in Brooklyn’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy comes on Monday, when the Canarsie Pier will reopen for the first time in almost seven months to local fishermen and community members wanting to spend time by the sea. NY1’s Jon Weinstein filed the following report. The damage from Hurricane Sandy is still evident around […]