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It's a great grift the Republicans run in the House and Senate. All they do is talk to fire up their base and raise money, implying that talk accomplishes things.

What they know, but don't acknowledge, is that we don't elect them to talk. We elect them to take action. That means when we give them the power to subpoena, refer criminal charges, impeach, or cut off spending and shut down the govt, they do that and we vote for more of them.

But instead all they do is talk. 
 @33636695 

Talk and write sternly worded letters.

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 @4052eb9c @34b946d8 

Yeah, that they release to the MSM, but are ignored by recipients.

I saw Josh Hawley go after DOE nominee yesterday. He charged her with not answering questions from her first congressional appearance and said he hope she'd answer questions from the current hearing in a more timely manner.

She went on to repeatedly state she did not have answers to the new questions but would get back to the Senate.

It's all a dog and pony show.

Everything is a lie.