Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, spoke for over eight hours opposing President Trump's $4.5 trillion tax-cut and spending bill. He broke the record for the longest speech in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jeffries urged three Republicans to join Democrats in opposing the 887-page legislation. He lambasted social spending cuts as harmful to vulnerable Americans and criticized Trump's immigration policies, branding some Republicans as corrupt. Jeffries' speech aimed to draw national attention to Democrats at a crucial moment in domestic policy.
"Leadership requires courage, conviction, compassion and yet what we have seen from this administration and co-conspirators on the Republican side of the aisle is cruelty, chaos and corruption."
"Only three Republicans would have to vote against the 887-page megabill, along with united Democratic opposition, for it to fail."
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