Jon Ossoff: “I believe I was the first and perhaps the only Democratic…”

“It's a power that Congress needs to use to hold the executive BRANCH and the U.S. government accountable, even when the president is the president from our own party. I believe I was the first and perhaps the only Democratic member of Congress to issue a subpoena to a Biden administration official to compel their testimony on abuses and corruption in the federal prison system. So this is a core role for the Congress. And I have applied my background in journalism to try to be maximally effective at exposing corruption and the abuse of power in Washington.” (04:13–04:27)

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