WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:

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LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON FEDERAL WORKERS

Brooklyn, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

Elon Musk is traumatizing hardworking federal employees, their children and families. He has no legal authority to make his latest demands.

We will block him in Congress and in the Courts. Again.