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Mark Pocan: “Thank you very much, Mr. Ellison. I share your concern. I came to Congress as a new Member, thinking that we are going…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2014
Thank you very much, Mr. Ellison. I share your concern. I came to Congress as a new Member, thinking that we are going to get some important work done for the country. I remember, in history class, I believe it was the Congress of 1948 that got so little done that they were dubbed the do-nothing Congress-- well, because they did nothing, right? So they get the label. That do- nothing Congress passed 350 bills. That is it. Our Congress last year passed 62 bills.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin
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Mar 26, 2014

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