Markwayne Mullin: “The fact is, three years is just kind of a rounding number.”

“What else, guys? Three years. Three years. Well, I mean, if we needed to go two years, six months, and I think it's 23 days, we could have. The fact is, three years is just kind of a rounding number. We just wanted to make sure we get it one out of the political fight underneath President Trump and then the next president wouldn't have to come in and immediately deal with it.” (18:00–18:03)

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