John Yarmuth actually said...

We have a dilemma, and that is that Congress, at its optimum efficiency, moves at 10 miles an hour,--right now, we are at two or three miles an hour--meanwhile, the world is moving at 100 miles an hour.

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Yarmuth highlights Congress's slow pace compared to the rapid changes in the world.

07/14/2020

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