Jeffries bashes GOP over new policy limiting Pentagon talks with Congress [View all]
Source: msn/The Hill
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hammered Republicans over the Trump administration’s new policy limiting Pentagon outreach to members of Congress.
Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries first went after Pete Hegseth, the Defense secretary who installed the new restrictions, portraying him as unqualified. He then shifted his criticisms to Republicans on Capitol Hill, saying they’ve been too willing to accept President Trump’s policies even when they erode congressional powers.
“Donald Trump knows that House and Senate Republicans, they function like a wholly owned subsidiary of the Trump cartel. That’s how they act,” Jeffries said. “They just rubber-stamp Trump’s extreme policies and they move on. Don’t say anything about it.” “Boss says jump, they just say, ‘How high?’”
In an Oct. 15 memo, Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg laid out the new policy, which requires Pentagon personnel to coordinate any interactions with Congress through the department’s central office of legislative affairs. The change is designed “to ensure consistency and support for the Department’s priorities to re-establish deterrence, rebuild our military, and revive the warrior ethos,” they wrote.
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