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Steny Hoyer: “The census report and the report about which states get…”

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 10:32

And I don't think that's going to serve the Republicans well in the next election. And I frankly think we're going to pick up seats around the country. 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. (10:32–10:44)

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Asserts that the census report was not as detrimental to Democrats as expected.

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