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During a press conference on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about the Republican spending proposal.
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00:00I want to get your reaction to comments that OMB director Russ Boat made at a breakfast with reporters this morning when he said that he didn't think that the appropriations process should be bipartisan going forward.
00:15Do you agree with that? What are your comments on the appropriations process? If this rescissions package passes, do you think that that hurts the spirit of bipartisanship that you try to approach these negotiations with?
00:30The Trump administration and House and Senate Republicans are trying to march America toward a painful government shutdown.
00:39That's the reality. We've known that to be the case.
00:44And now Russell Volk is saying the quiet part out loud that the Trump administration has no interest in reaching a spending agreement in a bipartisan manner, which means translation, they are determined to shut the government down and hurt the American people.
01:09development of the American companies and the American people.

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