Like, there is a culture in D.C. even when we look at the house and that kind of stuff. Like, you have people that have been there forever. Like, When I came in, people were like, how you gonna bring this person? I was like, because my name is on the door. I brought people that I knew had my back. I brought kids that had interned with me, and they were like, they have no healed experience. I was like, yeah, that's fine. (29:30–29:35)
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Asserts that there was skepticism about her staffing choices when she entered Congress.
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