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Derrick Van Orden: “We're working on right now, a constitutional amendment to…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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8 Republicans Vote AGAINST McCarthy, What's The Plan?! | Rep. Derrick Van Orden | Ep. 33

Published | Video Starts at 15:21

Yeah. Give me two changes that you would make today. If we're at this juncture and said, okay, here's how we could do things better, first and foremost, and We're working on right now, a constitutional amendment to change Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution. Specifically, the first sentence that says congress has to be paid, that needs to be changed to Say Congress does not get paid if they're not doing their job. (15:21–15:27)

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