releases: https://jeffries.house.gov/2025/12/12/leader-jeffries-the-american-people-are-rejecting-republican-extremism-and-embracing-our-focus-on-driving-down-the-high-cost-of-living/
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| https://jeffries.house.gov/2025/12/12/leader-jeffries-the-american-people-are-rejecting-republican-extremism-and-embracing-our-focus-on-driving-down-the-high-cost-of-living/ | LEADER JEFFRIES: “THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE REJECTING REPUBLICAN EXTREMISM AND EMBRACING OUR FOCUS ON DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING” | 2025-12-12 | 2025 | 2025-12 | Democrat | House | NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | J000294 | jeffries.house.gov | jeffries | https://jeffries.house.gov/category/press-release/page/ | scraper | Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference, where he reiterated that while Republicans continue their extreme go-it-alone approach, Democrats remain committed to lowering the high cost of living, cleaning up corruption and fixing the GOP healthcare crisis, starting with extending the ACA tax credits. LEADER JEFFRIES: There are only five legislative days left before the Affordable Care Act tax credits expire. And we have yet to see a Republican plan to prevent tens of millions of Americans from experiencing dramatically-increased premiums, co-pays and deductibles. We know that premium increases in some cases will be $1,000 or $2,000 per month. This is going to make healthcare unaffordable for millions of working class Americans, middle class Americans and everyday Americans. And yet Republicans are continuing to bury their heads in the sand, completely and totally uninterested in finding common ground to make life better for the American people, in this instance by extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits. House Democrats remain ready, willing and able to sit down with our Republican colleagues anytime, anyplace and anywhere in order to enact a bipartisan agreement that protects the healthcare of tens of millions of Americans, to fix our broken healthcare system and to deal with the Republican healthcare crisis decisively, which is crushing the American people. But Republicans continue to pursue a my-way-or-the-highway approach, which has gotten them nowhere this year, and it’s consistently hurt the American people. All across the country, we are seeing Republican extremism being rejected, most recently in the city of Miami, a city that is more than 70% Latino, in a county, Miami-Dade, that Donald Trump just won in 2024. And a year later, a Democrat was elected as Mayor of Miami for the first time in nearly three decades by 20 points. And yet Republicans continue to ignore the reality that is unfolding all across the country. The American people are rejecting your extremism and embracing our focus on driving down the high cost of living, dealing with the affordability crisis—which is real, it’s not a hoax—and fixing our broken healthcare system. And at this point, all we need are four Republicans in the House. There are 220 of you. All we need are four Republicans to partner with us. Let’s find a path forward, and we can extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Full press conference can be watched here. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T20:09:11Z |