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Stacey Abrams: “Members of Congress, especially Republicans, stopped having…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 16:16

And what Congress can do more in 26 is be louder. We saw a little bit of that with the hearings that started to happen, and they were so effective that Members of Congress, especially Republicans, stopped having town hall meetings. But we have to be even louder. We have to have even more conversations from congressional members. They're not going to pass legislation. I look again. (16:16–16:21)

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