RUSH EXCERPT:
JEFFRIES: “I agree certainly with what Greg Meeks laid out about targeting our resources. That is the smart thing to do. Next week you will see continued gosh negotiations on the emergency bill and we want to set aside another $150 billion for state and local stabilization. We know states like New York and Michigan and New Jersey and California and are others have been hit incredibly hard by this pandemic, their budgets are taking a hit. That means left behind are the most vulnerable and they will be hurt by the services that get cut back. We’ve already seen that as an explanation for why many black and brown communities are disproportionately impacted. If we allow these city and state budgets to continue to be decimated, that problem is just going to grow worse. And so we want to make progress in that area as well next week.”