And at that point, the Democrats, starting in the mid nineties, were kind of wandering in the wilderness and couldn't win back a majority. How open were the men who were running the place to your ideas for doing things differently? Well, When I went to Congress, there were 23 women out of 435 people. 35 women. I mean, 23 women, eleven Republicans and twelve Democrats. Immediately, being the former chair, I was like, this has to change. We have to make this different. (34:23–34:29)
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