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CALIFORNIA'S REPRESENTATIVE LYNN WOOLSEY IS RETIRING THIS YEAR. SHE REPRESENTS THE 6TH DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. WE SPOKE WITH HER IN NOVEMBER ABOUT...
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| 00:00:37 |
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LYNN WOOLSEY RETIRING, 20 YEARS IN CONGRESS. WHY ARE YOU LEAVING? >> WELL, I HAD MY --LY SAY
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IT THIS WAY, I WAS ELECTED 20 YEARS AGO ON MY 55TH BIRTHDAY. DO THE MATH AND 20 YEARS AND 75 YEARS OLD AND IT IS TIME FOR ME TO RETIRE. >> WHAT IS
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| 00:01:02 |
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NEXT? >> I'M PRESIDENT
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| 00:01:03 |
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FOR AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION. I WAS JUST RE-ELECTED FOR A SECOND TERM. I FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GEORGE MCGOVERNOR AND OTHERS AND I WILL HAVE...
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| 00:01:28 |
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YOU GOING TO BE DOING WITH THEM? >>I WILL GO WITH THEM
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| 00:01:32 |
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ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. I'VE BEEN ON ONE BEFORE AND THEY DO WONDERFUL WORK AND I'M DELIGHTED THEY ASKED ME TO BE A PART OF IT. >> ARE YOU STAYING...
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| 00:01:44 |
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IN WASHINGTON? >>
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| 00:01:46 |
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NO, OF COURSE NOT. I'M GOING HOME TO CALIFORNIA. YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, REMOTELY NOW. THERE IS NO REASON TO PUT YOURSELF IN ONE PLACE THAT...
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| 00:02:04 |
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GOING MISS MOST ABOUT CONGRESS? >> IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO
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| 00:02:08 |
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REALIZE THAT I WOULD MISS ANYTHING. I'M A PERSON WHEN THE TIMING IS RIGHT, I KNOW I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT I'M GOING TO MISS MY FRIENDSHIPS. I'M...
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| 00:02:35 |
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BEST FRIENDS HERE IN CONGRESS? >> WITHOUT BLINKING MY
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BEST FRIEND IS BARBARA LEE AND MAXINE WATERS. OTHERS LIKE BETTY MCCOLUMN, WHEN WE GO TO DINNER EVERYONE GETS NERVOUS THAT SOMETHING IS UP AND THEY...
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| 00:03:05 |
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POLITICS BRING YOUR FRIENDSHIP TOGETHER? >>
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| 00:03:08 |
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YES, ABSOLUTELY. BACK BRAD ARE ACROSS THE BAY FROM EACH OTHER IN THE BAY AREA AND WE HAVE JUST BECOME GOOD FRIENDS. >> ANY FRIENDS THAT
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| 00:03:17 |
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DON'T AGREE WITH YOU POLITICALLY HERE IN CONGRESS? >>
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| 00:03:23 |
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SURE. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE THIS WHEN WE ARE HERE, 20 YEARS, WE'RE HERE ALL WEEKS AND WE'RE ON AIRPLANES TOGETHER. EVERYONE...
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YOU CONSIDER FRIENDS? >> NOT FRIEND
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FRIENDS. >> BECAUSE
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| 00:04:33 |
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OF POLITICS? >> NO, WE NEVER DO
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ANYTHING TOGETHER. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE CAN BUILD GREAT FRIENDSHIPS. A FRIEND TO ME IS A FRIEND IT IS NOT JUST AN ACQUAINTANCE I LIKE. THERE ARE PLENTY...
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| 00:04:56 |
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HARD TO CROSS THAT AISLE, YOU SAID THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TOGETHER? IS IT DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, IS IT HARD TO CROSS THE AISLE? >> IT DOESN'T
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HAPPEN NOW. IT IS REALLY SAD. I WILL TELL YOU WHO I CROSS THE AISLE WITH IS DON YOUNG FROM ALASKA, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. HE AND I HAD LEGISLATION...
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| 00:05:38 |
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TO MISS? >> I'M NOT GOING TO
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MISS THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING IS BASED ON WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY INSTEAD OF WHAT -- LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE....
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| 00:05:53 |
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AN EXAMPLE? >> I WOULD USE
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| 00:05:56 |
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CHILDREN. I MEAN, THERE ISN'T A PERSON IN THIS HOUSE THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE. WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS, 25% OF OUR...
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| 00:06:31 |
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WHAT IS ONE OF YOUR FRUSTRATIONS? >> THAT WE'RE STILL
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| 00:06:35 |
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IN AFGHANISTAN. FOR SOME REASON WE KNOW IT IS THE WRONG THING TO DO AND WE'RE COMMITTED THROUGH 2013 BUT WE SHOULD BE OUT OF THERE. >> WAS THAT A TOUGH...
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FOR YOU? I MEAN FOR YOU TO FACE YOUR COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN OR ACTION IN IRAQ AGAINST WAR? >> NO, THE TOUGH VOTE WAS
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| 00:07:03 |
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THE FIRST VOTE THAT BACK BRAD LEE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAD THE STRONTE VOTE NO. -- STRENGTH TO VOTE NO. THE SECOND ONE I WAS LIKE I WAS GIVEN THE REPRIEVE...
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THAT YOU FELT IMMEDIATELY THAT YOU MADE A MISTAKE AGAINST YOUR OWN CONSCIOUS. WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE HERE AT CAPITAL HILL ON THE FLOOR? >> FOR...
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| 00:07:56 |
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FIRST VOTE? >>
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| 00:07:59 |
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YEAH. >> OUR
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| 00:08:02 |
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LEADERSHIP WASED AMENT THAT IT DID NOT MEAN THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE AN OPEN HAND FOR ANYTHING HE WANTED TO DO IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BACK BRAD...
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| 00:08:23 |
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ANY CONFLICT IN YOUR FRIENDSHIP? >>
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| 00:08:25 |
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NO. SHE SAID TO ME SEE, I TOLD YOU SO. NO, NO. >>
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| 00:08:32 |
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REPRESENTATIVE WOOLSEY YOU ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PUBLIC OPTION FOR HEALTH CARE AND THE HEALTH CARE ACT. LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD, DO YOU SEE THE HEALTH...
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| 00:08:48 |
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YES. TODAY IN OUR CAUCUS I ACTUALLY SPERLING WAS THERE AND I REMINDED THEM THAT THE PUBLIC AUCTION IF THEY WANTED TO CONTROL THE COST OF CARE PREMIUM...
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| 00:10:07 |
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LIBERAL AND THE TERM PROGRESSIVE MEAN TO YOU? >> IT MEANS THE SAME
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| 00:10:12 |
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THING. WE STARTED SAYING, I'M PROGRESSIVE RIGHT AFTER I WAS ELECTED IN 1992 BECAUSE LIBERAL WAS LIKE SAYING I'M SOME KIND OF OUTLANDISH ADDICT OR SOMETHING....
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| 00:10:46 |
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OUTSIDER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY? >>
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| 00:10:50 |
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NO. GOSH, NO. I WAS PART OF PUTTING THE PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS BACK ON ITS FEET. BARBARA LEE AND I STARTED CO-CHAIRING IT AND I CO-CHAIRED IT WITH...
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| 00:11:56 |
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PARTY CHANGED SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN
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| 00:11:59 |
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CONGRESS? >> OH, YEAH. >> HOW HAS IT
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| 00:12:02 |
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CHANGED? >> THE WHOLE CONGRESS
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| 00:12:08 |
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HAS CHANGED. WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED AND SWORN IN A LIBERAL ISSUE CAME UP ON THE FLOOR THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 125 OF US THAT WOULD BE AUTOMATIC VOTE....
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| 00:13:00 |
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THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHANGING IN THE LAST 20 YEARS? >> THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
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| 00:13:09 |
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A LOCKED. THEY DON'T CHANGE MUCH. THE TEA PARTY GOT IN THEIR WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR HAND NOW, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY ARE PRETTY...
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| 00:13:55 |
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HEAR FROM LONG-TERM MEMBERS OR MEMBERS WHO ARE LEAVING IS THE CONGENIALITY HERE HAS CHANGED. WHAT IS YOUR VIEW? >>
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| 00:14:10 |
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PERSON-TO-PERSON, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR ELEVATERS ARE LIKE HERE. THE PUBLIC PROBABLY DOESN'T BUT WE GET SQUISHED AND IT IS FUN. THERE'S HUMOR AND THERE...
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| 00:15:11 |
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THAT YOU ARE SPOKEN ON THE FLOOR, GIVEN 400-PLUS SPEECHES. >>
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ALMOST 450. >> IN THE HOUSE
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| 00:15:20 |
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OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHY DO YOU USE THAT PLATFORM AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON THE FLOOR? >> FOR THOSE SPEECHES,
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| 00:15:28 |
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IT IS FIVE MINUTES A TIME. THAT'S OUR TIME. IT IS CALLED A SPECIAL ORDER, IT USED TO BE IN THE EVENING, NOW IT IS IN THE MORNING. I'VE LEARNED HOW --...
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| 00:16:31 |
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INSULT THE PRESIDENT OR CRITICIZE THE PRESIDENT? >> OR REFER
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| 00:16:35 |
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TO HIM. >> YOU HAD TO USE TERMS
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| 00:16:38 |
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LIKE WHAT? >> I WOULD APOLOGIZE AND I
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| 00:16:41 |
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WOULD PUT IT OFF AND A FEW WEEKS LATER I WOULD DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS HIS FAULT. I DID NOT WANT THE PUBLIC TO THINK I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS...
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| 00:17:28 |
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YOU CONSIDER ONE OF YOUR MOST PROUD LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS? >> WELL, ACHIEVEMENTS IS HARD
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| 00:17:37 |
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TO MEASURE. BILL CLINTON SIGNED IN MY NUTRITION BILL FOR SCHOOL BREAKFASTS, TO BRING BREAKFASTS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ALL KIDS, NOT JUST POOR CHILDREN....
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| 00:18:51 |
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WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO CONGRESS, YOU BECAME KNOWN AS THE FORMER WELFARE RECIPIENT WHO IS NOW A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. FIRST OF ALL, TELL US, REMIND US...
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| 00:19:12 |
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ON WELFARE BECAUSE WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE 1, 3, 5 YEARS OLD, THEIR FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED MANIC DEPRESSANT AND HE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SO I BECAME...
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| 00:22:33 |
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AT 1968 AND YOUR LIFE FLIPPED, DID YOUR POLITICS FLIP AT THAT TIME? >>
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| 00:22:39 |
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NO. >> DID YOU
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FEEL HOPELESS? >> I DON'T KNOW WHY,
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| 00:22:45 |
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I MEAN, I SHOULD HAVE MOVED BACK TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO MY FAMILY. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND. I WAS 29 YEARS OLD. I HAD THE CUTEST KIDS ON EARTH....
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| 00:24:46 |
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A DICHOTOMY WITH YOUR YOUNGER LIFE AND BEING IN THE WEALTHIEST DISTRICT IN AMERICA? >> IN MY YOUNGER LIFE, I WAS
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| 00:24:56 |
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THE DAUGHTER OF A VETERINARY RAN. I WAS FINE, IT IS A LONG STORY, I'M NOT GOING THERE. YES, LIVING IN THE WEALTHIEST DISTRICT AND RUNNING IF CONGRESS...
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| 00:26:46 |
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BUT I WANTED TO ASK, 95%, 96% OF CONGRESS GETS RE-ELECTED. DO YOU THINK CONGRESSIONAL SEATS SHOULD BE MORE COMPETITIVE? >> THEY ARE
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| 00:27:03 |
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COMPETITIVE? WE RUN EVERY TWO YEARS. HOW MORE COMPETITIVE COULD IT BE THAN TO BE ON THE BLOCK EVERY TWO YEARS AND UNDER THE MICROSCOPE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS?...
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| 00:28:06 |
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ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE 2012 ELECTION CYCLE THE WOMEN'S VOTE AND THE HISPANIC VOTE. THE HISPANIC VOTE 38% OF CALIFORNIA VOTE AT THIS POINT. >>
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SO, DOESN'T THAT PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CONGRESS TO RESPECT THE HISPANIC VOTE AND DO SOMETHING FOR THEM? BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T,...
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