Jim McGovern

Again,

Congress ought to be demanding a clearly defined mission in terms of what he is doing in Venezuela.

And up to this point, there have been very few questions, and he's provided very few answers.

You said something interesting, a functioning Congress.

Let's back off what we're talking about here for a minute.

We are in a world now where it does seem that discharge petitions

And reconciliation bills are the only way to get anything done in the Congress.

Do you feel that way?

You're on the Rules Committee, you know how this works.

Yeah, I mean, this Congress under Republican leadership does not function.

It is not working.

It is a terrible disservice to the American people.

This is a place where trivial issues are getting debated passionately and important ones not at all.

I mean, we have a healthcare crisis right now.

People are seeing their healthcare premiums skyrocket.

People are deciding to go without health insurance next year because the costs are so high.

We need to be talking about extending the ACA tax credits so that people can afford their health insurance.

And we're not doing that.

We're talking about stupid stuff, stuff that is...

probably not even going to be considered by the Senate, that is going nowhere.