House Minority Leader Jeffries Holds News Conference on Day 9 of Government Shutdown

C-SPAN: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke to reporters on day 9 of a government shutdown. He continued to call on Republicans to meet and negotiate in good faith on reopening the government. Jeffries expressed support for a standalone bill to pay members of the military during the shutdown, but continued to press soon-expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies as his party’s main concern when discussing negotiations.