Chairman Aguilar: We are ready to fight for everyday Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Vice Chair Ted Lieu, Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse, DPCC Chair Debbie Dingell, DPCC Co-Chairs Maxwell Frost, Lori Trahan and Lauren Underwood and Caucus Leadership Representative Robert Garcia for a press conference highlighting House Democrats’ commitment to tackling the most pressing concerns of everyday Americans in the 119th Congress.
CHAIRMAN AGUILAR: I want to thank Whip Clark and Leader Jeffries, Vice Chair Lieu, Assistant Democratic Leader Neguse, DPCC Chair Debbie Dingle and the DPCC Co-Chairs Lori Trahan, Maxwell Frost, the newest member, and Lauren Underwood and Caucus Leadership Representative Robert Garcia, as well.
We are clear eyed about the challenges that lie ahead in the 119th Congress, but we are ready to fight for everyday Americans. Our focus remains tackling the affordability crisis in housing, childcare and the grocery store. Our Caucus has already led the People's House despite being in the minority, and we will do it again.
We were able to govern so effectively because of our unity, and it will be that same unity that helps us prioritize the needs of working people in the face of Republican overreach. We're going to stand up to any effort that would cut Social Security, Medicare, and throw people off their health insurance. And we will never stop fighting to restore women’s reproductive freedom.
Reasonable Republicans who want to get things done will have to tune out the extremists in their own conference and need to work with us in order to make the House function. This is a role that we’ve played before, and it's a role that we are willing to work at.
Video of the full press conference and Q&A can be viewed here.
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