Under the new structure that has been established in the House on both sides of the aisle, leadership has consolidated power, right? So that the committee chairs have less power and leadership has more power. And That greater concentration of power has hurt the functioning of the United States House of Representatives. It's hurt the functioning of the House of Representatives, because what happens is instead of those committees having their day and they say on the floor, they're supposed to be the experts, the subject matter experts on these various issues. (48:29–48:37)
CLAIM
Asserts that power concentration in House leadership has negatively impacted its functioning.
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