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Washington is Broken

Floor Speech

Date: April 15, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, here is how you know that Washington is broken. Instead of voting to end the war, end the tariffs, and lower healthcare costs, what are we doing? Yesterday, we debated 14 bills to rename post offices. This is why people think that Congress sucks.

Our Congress, our House, is supposed to be the envy of the world. Instead, our current leadership is doing everything that they can to make us irrelevant.

Why? Money. The oil companies are making money off the Iran war. The drug companies are making money. The President is getting money for his ballroom.

I wish that more people in Washington would figure out how to spend their time on lawmaking instead of moneymaking.

We need to end this corruption. We need to pass a congressional stock trading ban, get dark money out of elections, and make this city work for the people again so that working Americans can afford to pay their bills.

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