00:00It's an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to continue to serve in the position as
00:06House Democratic leader and to work with this extraordinary group of public servants
00:12Who the caucus has entrusted to make sure
00:16that in the next Congress we can continue the fight for everyday Americans and push back against any effort and
00:26extremism that we see from the House Republican
00:30conference
00:31or from the incoming administration
00:34We are prepared to work hard to find bipartisan common ground with our Republican colleagues and the incoming administration
00:41On any issue whenever and wherever possible, but at the same period of time we will push back against far-right
00:49Extremism whenever necessary in terms of the so-called lame-duck
00:55Session, there are three high priority items that we hope we can get to over the next several weeks
01:02First, of course, we need to make sure that we keep the government open
01:07That we fund the government in a manner that meets the needs of the American people in terms of their health their safety and their
01:14economic well-being and we should do so before
01:18December 20th in a manner consistent with the
01:22Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act this notion of some mandate to make massive
01:29far-right extreme policy changes, it doesn't exist
01:34It doesn't exist
01:35and so in the new Congress for anything to happen particularly as it relates to an
01:42enlightened spending agreement or
01:45ensuring that
01:47America does not default on our debt and crash the economy and hurt everyday Americans for the first time in our nation's history
01:54It's clear House Republicans cannot do it on their own
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