It was a tough decision. I didn't want to lead the Congress. I have a lot of good friends in the Congress on both sides of the aisle. The atmosphere today is not good. It's very partisan and it's very confrontational and we're unproductive. But frankly, that could have led me to say, look, I want to try to help to turn that around. (01:26–01:35)
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Asserts that the current atmosphere in Congress is partisan, confrontational, and unproductive.
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