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Hillary Clinton: When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation. And you know what…

On the recordJanuary 16, 2006
When you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation. And you know what I'm talking about. It has been run in a way so that nobody with a contrary point of view has had a chance to present legislation, to make an argument, to be heard.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Hillary Clinton criticized the operation of the House of Representatives, likening it to a plantation and highlighting the lack of opportunity for differing viewpoints.

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