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Ayanna Pressley: “Congress has been incredibly dysfunctional and the people do…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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CityLine: A Conversation with Congresswoman Pressley

Published | Video Starts at 05:16

You know, in your view, whose fault was the shutdown? Well, let's just remember how we, how we got here. First of all, this has been under a Republican majority. Congress has been incredibly dysfunctional and the people do deserve a functional government. We've been funding the government on these short term continuing resolutions, which is incredibly dysfunctional and disruptive. (05:16–05:22)

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Asserts that Congress is dysfunctional and the public deserves better governance.

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