Rosa DeLauro
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Rosa DeLauro is a veteran Congresswoman known for her commitment to social issues and community engagement. This interview highlights her energetic approach to leadership, focusing on mobilizing people around critical economic reforms and her deep connection to her local district.
“She ran for office, she could look at the voting list and identify everyone that she knew and she knew when they came out to vote and what time they came out to vote or she would go to pick them up to vote. So it was really the connection with people. And that's who I am. And so I go back every weekend pretty much.”
“Sure, well, Gideon, who you met, is soon to be speaker of the house, Hakeem Jeffries, his chief of staff, and is with him on the floor of the house all of the time when I can't get to speak to Hakeem. I talk to her.”
“He wanted to start from saying what he had accomplished, and he accomplished an incredible amount, took over the pandemic, turned the economy around. It's all of these things. Because investment in climate, all of the above in jobs, no question.”
“First of all, I wish we were a little bit like all of you that our election season were truncated and was, you know, rather than a year, 18 months, et cetera. My God. So that's when you think about the amount of money that's involved, et cetera.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 93. DNC Special: The Veteran Congresswoman (Rosa DeLauro)
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