The U.S. government shutdown has entered its seventh day. Democratic lawmakers are holding to their demands that Republicans agree to extend healthcare subsidies from the Affordable Care Act and reverse cuts to Medicaid.

President Trump, who has threatened mass firings of federal workers, blamed Democrats for the shutdown, saying on Monday, “I call them Democrat layoffs. They’re causing it.” His comments came just days after he celebrated the shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to carry out mass layoffs. On Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to a prime-time debate over the shutdown, which Johnson rejected. This is Jeffries.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Well, the White House has gone radio silent since the Oval Office meeting last Monday, and neither Leader Schumer or myself have heard a word from the administration about resolving this issue, making clear to us that the White House wanted to shut the government down, to continue the chaos that they’ve been inflicting on the American people since day one of this presidency.”