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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “If you just have one more or two more [members], you gain…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party The Weekly Show.

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But if you have, you know, like for example, this majority right now, especially because Trump is appointing some people, there's only two more Republicans or so right now in the House than there are Democrats. But If you just have one more or two more [members], you gain control of all the House committees. You decide what legislation gets voted on you, you do all of it. Who gets investigated, who's allowed to call witnesses, what those witnesses are. I mean, you control the entire operation. (23:54–24:01)

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Asserts that having one or two more members in the House can shift control of all committees.

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