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On the recordJanuary 2, 2023
I mean, the day-to-day functioning of Congress occurs at the Committee level, and if you can't put people on the Appropriations Committee or on the Ethics Committee, which they're trying to gut by the way in the rules package, which is a separate scandal once a Speaker is finally selected, then I just don't see how you can run on anything in 2024 that you've done.
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Mondaire Jones
Democratic · New York

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Jones highlights the implications of leadership struggles on Congress's functionality.

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