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Hakeem Sekou Jeffries is a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives, representing New York's 8th congressional district in Brooklyn and Queens and is running again for the seat in 2014.

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The Senate can get to the truth, you can get to the truth by calling witnesses who can testify. And any privilege issues can be worked out by the chief justice of Supreme Court.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 4 months ago Politics

President Trump tried to cheat, he got caught and then he worked hard to cover it up.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on Reuters 4 months ago Politics

At the same time, we want to give the President every opportunity to present exculpatory information.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 6 months ago Politics

We can only imagine what is in that document and we will obtain it and the American people will be able to see it.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 8 months ago Politics

I don't want to get caught in semantics, we all agree, from Speaker Pelosi through every single member of White House Democratic Caucus, that we have a constitutional responsibility to hold an out of control executive branch accountable.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 8 months ago Top News

I support the chairman's effort to hold this administration accountable. I support the investigation in all of its parameters, and I support the fact that he's taking a close look at the obstruction of justice, abuse of power and cultural corruption coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 8 months ago Politics

I don't think anyone has said they want their time in the spotlight, I think at the end of the day the American people will be better served if we spend as much time as possible communicating the importance of the stakes of this hearing as it relates to an incredible attack on our democracy, unprecedented in our nation's history.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 10 months ago US News

We began to see yesterday, in the face of the possibility of either a criminal contempt citation or proceeding with inherent contempt that they began to see things differently all of a sudden.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on Reuters 11 months ago Politics

She had always been correct -- and that's why the overwhelmingly majority of the House Democratic caucus backed her position when she first uttered it, now of course the wisdom of her perspective is now being revealed for others who may have criticized her.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

At the end of the day, there are 239 members of the House Democratic caucus and the overwhelming majority of those members have made clear that we should proceed with caution with respect to impeachment.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Bob Mueller has work to do, bob Mueller has to complete Bob Mueller investigation, report to the Department of Justice and allow Congress and the American people to then process those findings before deciding how to proceed. Impeachment is premature at this moment.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

We are willing to support fencing where it makes sense, but it should be done in an evidence-based fashion.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

These are challenging times in the United States of America -- we have a hater in the White House, a birther in chief, the grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, one of the things that we've learned is that while Jim Crow may be dead, he still got some nieces and nephews that are alive and well.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

( Trump's) reaction to Charlottesville was clearly inadequate, unacceptable, inappropriate, and for many people throughout America, led them to conclude that the President of the United States chose to pull the sheets off and reveal himself, in terms of his tendency to be a racial arsonist, fanning the flames of hatred.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

This issue is so significant that we believe outside of the context of the rules package, we want to give our colleagues -- Democrats and Republicans -- the opportunity to go on record and declare do you stand with the American people as it relates to the Affordable Care Act and protecting people with pre-existing conditions ?

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

Historic criminal justice reform is now a reality because we have brought together a coalition of the unusual suspects, democrats and Republicans, the left and the right, progressives and conservatives, the ACLU and the Koch brothers, the House GOP and the Senate partnering with Jared Kushner, Donald Trump and the administration to strike a serious blow against the mass incarceration epidemic in the United States of America.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

In the last Congress, there were some in the advocate community who urged us as Democrats to step away from negotiating a bill with the Obama administration on criminal justice reform by making the argument that we could get more under a Hillary Clinton presidency, how did that work out ?

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

This is a horrific incident and those responsible need to be prosecuted, but from a public policy perspective, everyone at the city, state and federal level needs to re-engage in Brownsville and help the residents better pursue the American dream. Brownsville has been left behind as Brooklyn has become one of the hottest places to live in the nation.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

We need to look at broader reform and whether these type of cases should be handled by independent, special prosecutors so that we can have some measure of fairness and a real full and fair investigation.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

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