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Jim Himes: “Out of the chaos and tumult and horrors of the late 19th…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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A Conversation with Representative Jim Himes | American Conversations

Published | Video Starts at 35:39

… and 17 of them are key, but you have to guess which 17 they are exactly. I so hope you're right about that, Heather. Because of course, out of the, Out of the chaos and tumult and horrors of the late 19th century comes the original progressive movement with Teddy Roosevelt. and, you know, workplace economic. You know, if we could get a Teddy Roosevelt in a modern progressive movement in the, in the tradition of that, you know, early 20th century progressive movement. (35:39–35:47)

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