WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following her reelection to House Democratic Leadership, Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33), and the entire Leadership team to reaffirm House Democrats’ mission: fighting for working families. Below is a transcript of her remarks:

“House Democrats — we stand united in a single mission: building an America where every single person has a fair shot. No matter what district we represent — blue, purple, red — we see that the cost of living is pushing the American Dream out of reach for so many.

“Families that I heard from traveling across the country talked about the high cost of rent — [it's] not only difficult to meet but puts home ownership out of reach. Parents who are going into debt simply trying to pay for child care. Seniors who are watching their hard-earned retirements slip out of their hands. It shouldn’t be so darn hard to get by in our country.

“House Democrats stand ready to enact solutions to meet these challenges.

“We will continue, as the Leader set forth, to look for opportunities to work across the aisle. We will work with anyone of any party who is serious about creating an economy that works for working people.

“But if the idea is that they are going to cut Medicare and Social Security, our education system and public schools — that they are going to take food programs away from hungry children in order to give corporations an even bigger tax break — they're going to have a fight on their hands from House Democrats.

“It’s simple and it's true: we stand with working families. We believe in building an economy that brings everyone along. Not in rigging it for a few. And certainly not by scapegoating a few. We stand for what Barbara Jordan called ‘an America as good as its promise.’

“That's our promise to the American people.” 

The full press conference can be viewed HERE. Photos of the event can be viewed HERE.