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Joe Neguse: “In the first four months of the 119th Congress, Congress…”

Featuring: Joe Neguse, Democratic | U.S. House Colorado, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressional Debate on Renaming the Gulf of Mexico: Joe Neguse and Harriet Hageman

Published | Video Starts at 04:40

And I just, I find it absurd that we have to engage in this, this discussion, to act as though this is anything but abnormal, that this is sort of just regular order, that, that, yes, In the first four months of the 119th Congress, Congress, the Republican majority has decided that this is so important, that we ought to Take floor time to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Notwithstanding all of the other policies that I suspect many of your supporters, many of the citizens that you represent, are passionate about. I just. I find that hard to believe. (04:40–04:51)

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Asserts that the Republican majority has prioritized renaming the Gulf of Mexico in the first four months of the 119th Congress.

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