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Yadira Caraveo: “We come here to work four or five days a week, and then we…”

Featuring: Yadira Caraveo, Former U.S. House Representative, Colorado, District 8

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My first year in Congress with Rep. Yadira Caraveo & Rep. Brittany Pettersen

Published | Video Starts at 53:02

REPRESENTATIVE CARAVAN so we, I think sometimes people forget that we are we're back home basically every single weekend. And so We come here to work four or five days a week, and then we go back and we work in the district. And so the tie there is very strong and deep. And then on top of that, we're hearing from our staff every single day the work that they're doing directly for constituents. (53:02–53:10)

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Asserts that Congress members work in D.C. four or five days a week and then return to their districts.

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