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Markwayne Mullin: “We're trying to close books in the year so we can start next…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 00:59

I don't know, but we passed the defense bill, then we had to pass ndaa. Don't even get me started on the stuff up here. That doesn't make any sense, but that's one of them. We're trying to close books in the year so we can start next year fresh. It's going to be difficult, really. Will, sometimes senators can't get out of their way at some point. Like I said, we got to move on and we've got to get these appropriations done so we can get away. (00:59–01:04)

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Asserts that Congress aims to complete its current legislative work to begin the next year with a clean slate.

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