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Steny Hoyer: “I think we have a good shot at both expanding our membership…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Full interview: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Biden's proposals expected in address to Congress

Published | Video Starts at 10:44

Very frankly, the census report and the report about which states get which numbers, frankly, was not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be on us. So I think we have a good shot at both expanding our membership in the United States Senate and in the House of Representatives. I don't think that's Pollyannish. I don't think it's naive. I think it's realistic in terms of the tone that the president of the United States is setting, as opposed … (10:44–10:52)

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Asserts belief in the possibility of Democrats expanding their membership in Congress.

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