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Speaker 2: Sticking with the shutdown, his tensions are rising on at

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Speaker 2: Capitol Hill. House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries of New York

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Speaker 1: Welcome morning, great to be with you. You know, as Democrats,

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Speaker 1: we've repeatedly made clear we will sit down anytime, any

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Speaker 1: and of course, that spending bill must decisively addressed the

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Speaker 3: Well, the Speaker told us yesterday that Congress is having

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Speaker 1: They had a great season. Unfortunately it didn't end the

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Speaker 2: Some people would argue that what the Republicans are offering

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Speaker 3: Right now, Republicans are asking is to support a clean

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Speaker 1: Well, Maga, Mike Lawler is an irrelevant individual. He's a

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Speaker 1: We're in the middle of a government shutdown. People are

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Speaker 1: being hurt all across the country because Trump and Republicans

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Speaker 1: decided to shut down the government rather than provide healthcare

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Speaker 1: to working class Americans. And so what I've indicated, particularly

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Speaker 1: most recently when Mayor Adams decided that he wouldn't seek

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Speaker 1: re election, is that I will have more to say

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Speaker 1: about the mayor's race in advance of early voting in

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Speaker 1: New York City, which begins at the end of this month.

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Speaker 2: Host Minority Leader haw Keem Jeffrey, thank you so much

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Speaker 2: for your time