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Ryan Zinke: “Congress has to do our job. Our job under Article 1 is to…”

Featuring: Ryan Zinke, Republican | U.S. House Montana, 1st Congressional District

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Montana Rep. Zinke weighs in on healthcare, moving forward after shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 09:20

You know, on, on this bill, there's a. There's a plan to go through all 12 of them, kind of like 12 Days of Christmas. To make sure we do our job, Congress has to do our job. Our job under Article 1 is to fund the government and declare war. Those are two primary jobs. Yes, we, we do pass laws, but the president signs them in place. So let's just do our job. Let's get the anger out of the equation. (09:20–09:29)

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Asserts that Congress's primary responsibilities include funding the government and declaring war.

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