mr. jeffries: projection. reporter: can you elaborate? mr. jeffries: first of all, republicans control the house, the senate and the presidency and every vote that they need as we have been lectured to do whatever the heck they want to the american people. let's be clear about that. it's not democrats saying that. that's republicans. that's the whole idea behind the so-called budget reconciliation process. republicans have told america repeatedly, we can do whatever we want because we control the house, the senate and the presidency. republicans have been saying that. so i think my initial response projection should speak for itself in that context. but what also is also clear as rosa delauro has stated publicly, democrats continue to negotiate with our republican colleagues. we want to find bipartisan common ground in funding the government to meet the needs of the american people. rosa delauro, who is leading our effort as a top democrat on the house appropriations committee, has been trying to get republicans to respond to her for weeks, we

mr. hakeem jeffries. when we call january 6, perhaps pull up the clip, a day of infamy, which fdr used to explain the entire pacific fleet to the nation. by the way, mr. jeffries has no support in his own district, new york eight. he actually received fewer votes than the loser in new york 17. host: robert, he was just reelected in november. caller: let me explain. mr. jeffries was in the wall street journal a few days ago, trying to change the rules to fill the seat of miss stuff ionic. mind you, mr. jeffries should resign immediately, as he demonstrates a high level of intellectual dishonesty. host: that's robert in texas. back to the independent line. mark, jefferson, colorado. caller: good morning, america. i want everybody to think about this. as doge cruises through the computers of the united states, what is he doing in the veterans affairs computers? disabled veterans, why is he pulling our names, addresses, social security numbers, bank routing and account numbers? this is happening to everybody

jeffries: mr. schumer was a man of the house before he was a senator and we always welcome you over to the people's chamber sen. schumer: you sound like nancy. rep. jeffries: democrats are always ready and able to work with anyone to find the common ground necessary to solve problems on behalf of the hard-working american taxpayers particularly when it relates to driving down the high cost of living. we understand america is too expensive and far too many hard-working american taxpayers struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. housing costs are too high. childcare is too high, utility costs are high, democrats are committed to driving down the high cost of living for working class americans, middle class americans and everyday americans all across. our republican colleagues are not serious about lowering the high cost of living. they've done nothing and not introduced a single bill, not put forth a single policy proposal. they've done nothing as it relates to lowering the high cost of living. at the

jeffries: mr. schumer was a man of the house before he was a senator and we always welcome you over to the people's chamber sen. schumer: you sound like nancy. rep. jeffries: democrats are always ready and able to work with anyone to find the common ground necessary to solve problems on behalf of the hard-working american taxpayers particularly when it relates to driving down the high cost of living. we understand america is too expensive and far too many hard-working american taxpayers struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. housing costs are too high. childcare is too high, utility costs are high, democrats are committed to driving down the high cost of living for working class americans, middle class americans and everyday americans all across. our republican colleagues are not serious about lowering the high cost of living. they've done nothing and not introduced a single bill, not put forth a single policy proposal. they've done nothing as it relates to lowering the high cost of living. at the

jeffries. >> on topic questions. >> thank you, mr. leader. can you help me understand how this connects to the bill that you discussed with leader schumer the other day? is it the same? is it -- could they complement each other? can you just help me clarify how this bill connects to what you, -- >> yeah, it's our expectation that leader schumer and senate democrats will introduce a companion bill shortly. we believe that the unlawful access to sensitive and financial information for hardworking american taxpayers has to be stopped. and we know here in the house unfortunately that the house republican leadership has demonstrated no interest in reining in this out of control behavior. here in the house, all it takes are 3 republicans to join with us to protect the american people. >> leader jeffries, in addition to this bill, what do you see as the options that democrats have to push back on elon musk's efforts and doge's? >> we will continue to use the congressional arena. as well as the litigation arena. and the mobilization arena to push bac

mr. hakeem jeffries.hen we call january 6, perhaps pull up the clip, a day of infamy, which fdr used to explain the entire pacific fleet to the nation. by the way, mr. jeffries has no support in his own district, new york eight. he actually received fewer votes than the loser in new york 17. host: robert, he was just reelected in november. caller: let me explain. mr. jeffries was in the wall street journal a few days ago, trying to change the rules to fill the seat of miss stuff ionic. mind you, mr. jeffries should resign immediately, as he demonstrates a high level of intellectual dishonesty. host: that's robert in texas. back to the independent line. mark, jefferson, colorado. caller: good morning, america. i want everybody to think about this. as doge cruises through the computers of the united states, what is he doing in the veterans affairs computers? disabled veterans, why is he pulling our names, addresses, social security numbers, bank routing and account numbers? this is happening to everybody in

mr. lieu: thank you, chairman aguilar. leader jeffries has laid out a 10-point plan to fight back against the lawless actions against the trump administration. that plan has three themes. a legislative strategy, a mobilization strategy, and a litigation strategy. to that end over 25 lawsuits have already been filed. we expect that a number of these actions by the trump administration will be reversed because all the courts have to do is follow the law. if you look what happened, a number of trump action vs. been stopped or the administration has simply folded. the administration wants you to think they were invincible. they were rolling right along. that is simply not true. a number of times they have been stopped and they have had to back down. for example, on the birthright citizenship order, a reagan appointed federal judge declared it unconstitutional. put an injunction on it. then with the o.m.b. freeze memo, push back from democrats, the american people, and they had to rescind that memo and a judge declared that memo to be illegal.

mr. nobody. >> nobody okay hakeem jeffries the democratic leaders know, nobody thinks there is a leader, that's a problem so i guess we've seen this in the past. you think of an example that you think about 2005, when george w. bush one republicans had control of everything in two years later, nancy pelosi takes over as figure two years after that barack obama right comes in and huge democratic majority in the senate and in the house of sometimes it can change pretty quickly. and thoughts any questions here yes. >> we doing microphones are not. >> what is your name. >> steve cohen. >> hi how are you. >> i want to talk about. [inaudible]. >> steve cohen asking question about education and go-ahead. >> i want to talk about we just met out the students have not recovered from the pandemic 34 years ago can really and we aren't educating our kids to figure out how to deal with social media to become of the elephant in the room right now despite everything i said the social media when the selection we have the biggest of the two biggest roles are trump musk the dominating social media and we as democ

mr. nobody. >> nobody. nobody has -- is it hakeem jeffries? no, nobody thinks there is a leader. that's a problem, right? but i guess we've seen this in the past. you think of examples, betsy, you think about 2005, when george w. bush had won, republicans had control of everything. and then two years later, nancy pelosi takes over as speaker. two years after that -- >> here comes this guy, barack obama, out of the blue. >> and huge democratic majority in the senate and the house. so sometimes it can change pretty quickly. thoughts, any questions here, yes, sir. are we doing mics orr not? i don't know. >> here comes one. >> what's your name, sir? >> hi, steve cohen, how are you? >> i want to talk about two sides of the same coin, which is the failure -- >> this is steve cohen asking a question about education, go ahead. >> i want to talk about, we just found out that students have not recovered from the pandemic three or four years ago. can they read? can they add and subtract? we aren't educating our kids to figure out how to deal with social media. to me, the elephant in the room right now, despite ever

mr. president, yesterday leader jeffries and i announced legislation to stop unlawful meddling by doge or other entities in the treasury department's payment system. our bill will deny access to the payment system by anyone designated as a, quote, special government employee. in other words, people who aren't required to disclose conflicts of interest. our bill will deny access to anyone with conflicts of interest or lack of appropriate clearance. imagine, where all the federal funds are going out and someone has a conflict of interest and has access to those funds and can do something with them? that's a formula for waste. that's a formula that makes sure that money isn't spent wisely but is spent to accommodate the needs of a special few. and our bill will ensure that treasury payments can only be accessed by those with proper clearance. everyone should agree that making the government more efficient and more effective is a good thing. but doge's scorched earth policies are dangerous and unlawful. that's their approach. history shows that when this kind of stuff is done in the dark of n

mr. horsford: good afternoon. i'm honored to join with my colleagues and want to thank the chairman, ritchie neal, for providing leadership as well as leader hakeem jeffries. i am steven horsford. i represent nevada's fourth congressional district. and as a member of the ways and means committee, i want my constituents to know that i'm working hard to defend them every single day. now, look, the american people elected donald trump. to run our government for four years. not to gut it for generations to come. we only have one president at a time, and nobody voted for elon musk. nobody voted for his hackers. the largest illegal data breach in u.s. history took place on this administration's watch. at this administration's direction. and we still don't know who is in charge or what they're up to. the american people trust our civil service to meet their needs. not the billionaire class. instead, one man, elon musk, can now decide if hardworking americans receive their tax refunds, when they receive their tax refunds, even who among us will receive one. democrat or republican, independent or unaffiliated. nobody in this country agreed to give an unelected oli

mr. speaker. today i stood with the house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, the house democratic whip, kath lynn clark, and our house -- kath rib clark, and -- katherine clark, and pete aguilar and sean casten to introduce the taxpayer data protection act. because what is going on in the treasury department is lawless and wrong and frightening for the american people. elon musk should not have access to your data, to the payment systems and what is going on. and, mr. speaker, i deliver this statement and this bill to this chamber calling on all of my colleagues to join because i was a treasury employee. i served in the treasury during the barack obama administration. in fact, i worked in a time of crisis. the great recession, when general motors and chrysler were staring bankruptcy in the face. millions of jobs were on the line. we were doing the work for the american people. not threatening their payments and their data. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from montana seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to