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Jahana Hayes: “With COVID you know that people need help right now, and the…”

Featuring: Jahana Hayes, Democratic | U.S. House, Connecticut, District 5

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Ms President US Guest Speaker_ Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-5th) 2021

Published | Video Starts at 24:33

So in this role, it's incredibly rewarding. It's incredibly humbling when you can deliver results, but it is definitely frustrating when, like now With COVID you know that people need help right now, and the legislative process means that we have to have meetings and markups and get things approved and appropriated and try to figure out the best way to help people, and that takes time. So I think that that really is one of the most difficult parts of this job. In the classroom, when you see a problem, you can start working immediately to fix it. (24:33–24:49)

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Asserts that the legislative process for COVID-19 relief involves meetings, markups, approvals, and appropriations, which takes time.

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