Jeffries pledges lower costs as Democrats project House win
Jeffries also vowed to reverse Medicaid cuts and pursue accountability for corruption, saying the country is not for sale.
Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, pledged lower living costs on Tuesday night after Democrats were projected to win the House in the midterm elections, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
Speaking to supporters at the House Democrats' election night headquarters in Washington, Jeffries said his party would "fight hard" to lower the cost of housing, groceries and gas.
He also said Democrats would fight to reverse Medicaid cuts so that every American could afford to see a doctor when needed.
Jeffries, who is poised to become the first Black speaker of the House, vowed to bring accountability to those he said had visited unprecedented corruption on the country.
"This is a change election," he said, adding that the country needed to deliver dramatic change.
Jeffries said the wealthy, the well-off and the well-connected had tried to buy the election, but Americans had responded in a resounding way.
"This is not a partisan moment. This is a patriotic one," he said.
The House of Representatives has 435 voting members, and the party that controls the chamber chooses its leadership and helps set its legislative agenda.
The midterm elections are held every two years, when all House seats and about one-third of Senate seats are up for vote.
