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Pete Buttigieg: “The House of Representatives is not representative.”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:21

And so the only answer to that is a functioning Congress. And it turns out we do not have a functioning Congress in the United States of America. The House of Representatives is not representative. One of the most important organs of our democracy is not democratic. And with the Calais decision and the gutting of the Voting Rights act and this practice that we're now seeing in so many parts of the country. (08:21–08:25)

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Claims that the House of Representatives does not accurately represent the population.

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