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00:00:00MAY GOD BLESS THE >> [APPLAUSE] >> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> [APPLAUSE] >> SO MUCH. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:00:04>> THANKS SO MUCH
00:00:28>> IN A TRAFFIC. >> JAM. >> DEMOCRATS WON CONTROL OF BOTH
00:00:32THE U.S. HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
00:00:35DEMOCRATS NEEDED A NET GAIN OF THREE SEATS TO TAKE BACK THE
00:00:38HOUSE, WHICH WAS COMPLICATED BY
00:00:41REPUBLICAN REDISTRICTING EFFORTS IN THE SENATE. DEMOCRATS NEEDED
00:00:45FOUR SEATS TO WIN CONTROL OF THE CHAMBER. THEY PICKED UP SEATS IN
00:00:48NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
00:00:51TEXAS, OHIO, IOWA AND KANSAS.
00:00:54COMING UP, WE'LL BRING YOU MORE VICTORY AND CONCESSION SPEECHES
00:00:57FROM ELECTION NIGHT. AND AFTER
00:01:02DEMOCRATS WON CONTROL OF THE
00:01:04HOUSE, DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES SPOKE TO SUPPORTERS ON
00:01:08ELECTION NIGHT. HE WILL LIKELY BECOME THE FIRST BLACK HOUSE
00:01:11SPEAKER IN CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY, PROVIDED HE EARNED
00:01:15SUPPORT FROM A MAJORITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. AFTER THE NEW
00:01:19CONGRESS IS SEATED IN JANUARY.
00:01:27>> HOUTHIS ONE, REPRESENTING BK
00:01:29TO THE FULLEST WHEN BIG BEEF
00:01:33CHICKEN HEADS BE CLUCKING IN MY
00:01:34BACK ROOM. BIG. BE HANDLING WITH
00:01:38THE MAC IN THE ACTON PANELING.
00:01:41BANDAGING MCS, THREE THUNE WITH
00:01:47THE CUBE 45. BY MY SIDE
00:02:03LIKE. AMERICA IS BACK.
00:02:16WHEN I GREW UP IN A WORKING
00:02:18CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN.
00:02:21UNION HOUSEHOLD. RAISED IN THE
00:02:24CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH. I
00:02:26LEARNED VERY EARLY ON THAT A
00:02:29SETBACK WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A
00:02:33SETUP FOR A COMEBACK TODAY
00:02:39BEGINS THE GREAT AMERICAN
00:02:43COMEBACK. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:02:47HAVE SPOKEN >> [APPLAUSE]
00:02:51>> ALL THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
00:02:56IN THE EAST, IN THE WEST, IN THE
00:03:00MIDWEST. FROM SEA TO SHINING
00:03:01SEA. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
00:03:05SPOKEN AND MADE CLEAR. THEY'VE
00:03:07HAD ENOUGH OF THE EXTREMISM.
00:03:11ENOUGH OF THE CORRUPTION. THEY
00:03:15WANT A CONGRESS THAT'S GOING TO DELIVER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:03:19AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HOUSE
00:03:22DEMOCRATS WILL DO AS SOON AS WE
00:03:25GET INTO OFFICE IN >> [APPLAUSE]
00:03:28>> JANUARY
00:03:37UNDERSTAND, AS HOUSE DEMOCRATS,
00:03:40THAT LIFE IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE
00:03:43IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS.
00:03:46THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
00:03:50WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE,
00:03:53AND CERTAINLY CANNOT THRIVE HERE
00:03:56IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
00:04:01AND WE BELIEVE IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT WHEN YOU WORK HARD
00:04:05AND PLAY BY THE RULES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN
00:04:08AFFORDABLE LIFE, A COMFORTABLE
00:04:11LIFE, AND A GOOD LIFE. THAT'S A
00:04:14GOOD PAYING JOB, HOUSING, GOOD
00:04:17HEALTH A GOOD EDUCATION FOR YOUR
00:04:20CHILDREN. AND THEN WHEN IT'S ALL
00:04:21SAID AND DONE, A GOOD
00:04:25RETIREMENT. THAT'S THE AMERICAN
00:04:27DREAM. AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL
00:04:29WORK HARD TO REVIVE IT FOR EVERY
00:04:33SINGLE PERSON IN THIS LAND.
00:04:45WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR SMALL TOWN AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO
00:04:48FIGHT FOR URBAN AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR RURAL
00:04:52AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR SUBURBAN AMERICA. WE'RE
00:04:55GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA. WE'RE GOING TO
00:04:58FIGHT FOR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
00:05:01WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO MAKE
00:05:03SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS COUNTRY
00:05:06AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE
00:05:09AMERICAN THIS IS A CHANGE
00:05:15ELECTION, AND WE UNDERSTAND, AS
00:05:18HOUSE DEMOCRATS, THAT WE NEED TO
00:05:20DELIVER DRAMATIC CHANGE. THINGS
00:05:23ARE BROKEN. WE NEED A CONGRESS
00:05:27THAT PUTS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:05:29FIRST. THE WEALTHY, THE
00:05:32WELL-OFF, AND THE
00:05:34WELL-CONNECTED. TRIED TO BUY
00:05:37THIS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
00:05:41RESPONDED IN A RESOUNDING WAY
00:05:44AND MADE CLEAR THAT AMERICA IS
00:05:58NOT FOR SALE >> [APPLAUSE]. >> WE WILL DELIVER. A CONGRESS
00:06:01THAT PUTS EVERYDAY AMERICANS
00:06:04FIRST. WORKING CLASS AMERICANS FIRST, MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS
00:06:08FIRST, AND ALL THOSE WHO ASPIRE
00:06:11TO BE PART OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
00:06:13HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE COMMITTED TO FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE
00:06:17AMERICA. WE WILL FIGHT HARD TO
00:06:18LOWER THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING
00:06:22AND GROCERIES AND GAS. WE'RE
00:06:26GOING TO FIGHT HARD TO MAKE SURE
00:06:29THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT EVERY
00:06:33SINGLE AMERICAN CAN AFFORD TO GO
00:06:36SEE A DOCTOR WHEN THEY NEED ONE.
00:06:45HOSPITALS. WE WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR NURSING HOMES. WE WILL
00:06:47FIGHT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH CLINICS. AND WE'RE GOING
00:06:51TO FIGHT TO REVERSE THESE
00:06:52PAINFUL MEDICAID CUTS. WE ALSO
00:07:02UNDERSTAND THAT IN ADDITION TO
00:07:04FIGHTING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY
00:07:07AFFORDABLE, WE'RE GOING TO
00:07:10BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THOSE
00:07:13WHO HAVE VISITED UNPRECEDENTED
00:07:15CORRUPTION ON THIS COUNTRY.
00:07:17BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN
00:07:20HIGH OFFICE WHO ARE SO FOCUSED
00:07:22ON ENRICHING THEMSELVES, THEIR
00:07:25FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR FRIENDS,
00:07:27OR THEIR DONORS, THEN THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON MAKING LIFE
00:07:31BETTER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL PUT THE
00:07:35AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ELECTION, A
00:07:38DRAMATIC CHANGE ELECTION, MEANS
00:07:41THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
00:07:43CRYING OUT FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL
00:07:45CHANGE. WE HEAR YOU. WE SEE YOU,
00:07:48WE FEEL YOU. AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS
00:07:51ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE >> [APPLAUSE]
00:07:54>> BETTER FOR YOU ON DAY ONE.
00:08:06THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN MOMENT.
00:08:09THIS IS A PATRIOTIC ONE. THIS IS
00:08:13NOT A BLUE MOMENT OR A RED
00:08:15MOMENT. IT'S A RED, WHITE, AND
00:08:18BLUE MOMENT. BECAUSE AMERICA HAS
00:08:20WON. TONIGHT AND SO I THANK ALL
00:08:27OF YOU FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS AND FOR THE CONFIDENCE
00:08:31THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
00:08:32PLACED IN US. I WANT TO THANK
00:08:35EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
00:08:37DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, INCLUDING OUR
00:08:41EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS. KATHERINE CLARK THE NEXT MAJORITY LEADER
00:08:44OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
00:08:48REPRESENTATIVES. AND SUZAN
00:08:54DELBENE, OUR AMAZING FIELD
00:08:57GENERAL WHO LED THE CHARGE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE OF
00:09:01REPRESENTATIVES
00:09:03>> [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]
00:09:06>> WE THANK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE
00:09:10PLACED IN US. AND WE'RE GOING TO
00:09:12WORK HARD TO DELIVER ON THE
00:09:15DRAMATIC CHANGE THAT YOU
00:09:19DESERVE. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT
00:09:22TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN BETWEEN THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN
00:09:25PEOPLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK
00:09:28HARD TO RESTORE IT. YOU WILL
00:09:30HAVE A CONGRESS THAT RECOGNIZES
00:09:35WE DON'T WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT. WE DON'T WORK FOR THE VICE
00:09:39PRESIDENT. WE DON'T WORK FOR THE SUPREME COURT. WE WORK FOR
00:09:43ALL OF YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:09:47AND THAT IS WHAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS
00:09:51WILL DELIVER AND SO LET ME JUST
00:09:58SIMPLY SAY TO THE COMMUNITIES
00:10:01THAT RAISED ME BACK AT HOME, WE
00:10:07MADE IT. BROOKLYN. >> [APPLAUSE]
00:10:11>> WE MADE IT. HOUSE DEMOCRATS
00:10:13HAVE TAKEN BACK CONTROL OF THE
00:10:17UNITED STATES CONGRESS
00:10:19>> [APPLAUSE]
00:10:27>> WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT FOR AN AFFORDABLE AMERICA. WE'RE GOING
00:10:30TO END THIS NATIONAL NIGHTMARE,
00:10:32AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
00:10:35AMERICA'S LONG, NECESSARY, AND MAJESTIC MARCH TOWARD A MORE
00:10:39PERFECT UNION. GOD BLESS ALL OF
00:10:40YOU. GOD BLESS OUR AMAZING
00:10:43CANDIDATES. GOD BLESS THE UNITED
00:10:48STATES OF AMERICA.
00:10:48>> [APPLAUSE]