Washington, May 4 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Committee on House Administration Ranking Member Joe Morelle released a statement announcing a redistricting initiative, the New York Democracy Project.
"House Republicans have failed and the American people know it," said House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "That is why GOP extremists have concluded the only way to win in November is to rig the national congressional map, beginning with Texas. Democrats fought back. We have thwarted Donald Trump's desperate scheme through Prop 50 in California, a referendum in Virginia, regaining a seat in Utah, pushing the extremists back in Ohio and stopping Republicans ...