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Christina Hines: “Only one in four people in Congress are women.”

Featuring: Christina Hines, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, 10th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 05:19

But what does accountability look like when we're talking about people, primarily men still in suits, sitting in Congress? How would you work that there? Yeah, I'm glad that you brought that up, because Only one in four people in Congress are women. which is definitely a problem. Definitely sickening. And I say this a lot on the trail, that only 7% of people in Congress are moms with kids under the age of 18. (05:19–05:23)

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Asserts the gender composition of Congress.

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