Rep. Pramila Jayapal
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No.
And actually, when we came in, you know how they ask you, like, which member of which member of Congress on the other side would you like to work with?
And Meg and Mike and I both said each other and we actually did one good thing, which was we expanded this program that addressed opioids.
And it was a pilot program that started in Seattle.
And we worked together to get money for it, to make it across the country.
But then it was all downhill.
And, you know, actually a couple of days before he became speaker, I was in the halls late at night, one night we were waiting, you know, the house was in complete chaos.
They had gone through like 12 or 15 people who hadn't been able to get the votes on their side.
And I was like, hey, Mike, what's going to happen here?
You got somebody who's eventually going to be a speaker.
And he leaned over and said, I think it's going to be me.
And sure enough, a couple of days later, it was him.
Well, I think that they are going to find all kinds of ways to obstruct still, right?
Because that's what they've been doing this whole time.
The only reason Trump changed, and this is what I think everybody has to understand.
If you stand up to Trump for long enough,
He will cave because if you've got things on the right side, right?
And in this case, we had the survivors, we had the whole country, the mega movement itself was saying like, hey, what's going on?
Why are you not releasing these?
Looks like you're guilty.