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Mike Lawler: “People aren't staying there 40, 50 years like Chuck Schumer…”

Featuring: Mike Lawler, Republican | U.S. House, New York, District 17

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Published | Video Starts at 08:36

And certainly I and many of my colleagues believe, you know, five, six terms is, is more than sufficient in, in Washington, D.C. and I think you're seeing more and more turnover in Congress. You know, People aren't staying there 40, 50 years like Chuck Schumer is anymore. And I think that's the right thing. This is a service. It's not a career. So it's not made a phenomenal governor. Yeah, but she would have made a phenomenal governor. (08:36–08:41)

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Asserts that people are no longer serving in Congress for 40 to 50 years, unlike Chuck Schumer.

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