After Saying House Republicans Will Listen With ‘America Speaking Out,’ Pence Says ‘It’s Not A Listening Tour’
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stands behind Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)Earlier today, House Republicans launched yet another project for soliciting ideas for the Party’s agenda, complaining that “Americans are seeing an arrogant Congress that refuses to listen to the people.” Promoting their new America Speaking Out website today, Republicans repeatedly declared that their effort was “about listening to the American people.” “The Democrat majority isn’t listening, but House Republicans will,” said Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN).
On his radio show today, Bill Bennett pressed project chairman Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on what “the set up” was “for the listening.” McCarthy replied by touting upcoming “town hall meetings” that will have “suggestion boxes,” adding that “you’ll find our actions from listening from what we gathered and we’ll introduce”:
BENNETT: Ok. And what’s the system for or the set up for the listening? Not the talking, but the listening? The listening at your end. How will we know that you and Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan and John Boehner and everybody’s going to listen?
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