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Meet the New Congress December 24, 2020

Democratic Rep.-elect Kai Kahele, combat veteran, says Trump supporters are 'a force to be reckoned with'

As a progressive Democrat who supports the Green New Deal and "Medicare-for-all," Rep.-elect Kai Kahele, D-Hawaii, has had to temper his aspirations for the new Congress. 

Meet the New Congress December 23, 2020

How do you change the government? Rep.-elect Matt Rosendale, playing the long game, says 'one bite at a time'

Rep.-elect Matt Rosendale, a former state legislator and state auditor who ran for Senate in 2018, compares solving complex policy issues to "a Rubik's cube" and says "I really, really enjoy digging down into the details."

Meet the New Congress December 22, 2020

Alabama Rep.-elect Jerry Carl wants Americans back at work, in churches: People shouldn't be 'splintered up'

Rep.-elect Jerry Carl says he's a "people person." That's why Carl, a Republican from Alabama, loved "serving the people" in his old job as a county commissioner. It's also why he is so worried about the mental and spiritual health effects of the coronavirus lockdowns.

Meet the New Congress December 20, 2020

Rep.-elect Nancy Mace still recovering from June coronavirus bout: 'I was really, really sick'

Rep.-elect Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel military college, still suffers lingering effects from a serious bout of coronavirus this summer and cautions others to take the disease seriously.

Meet the New Congress December 18, 2020

Kansas Rep.-elect Tracey Mann says US must hold China, others to trade deals for good of farmers

Mann, a Republican, will represent Kansas' expansive 1st Congressional District, known as the "Big First," which has a heavily agricultural economy. The former Kansas lieutenant governor was comfortably elected in November after prevailing in a Republican primary where farm issues took center stage among a field of pro-Trump Republicans. 

Meet the New Congress December 17, 2020

Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell relates to Trump's voter fraud claims: 'I know exactly what he's going through'

Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell understands the joy of leading on election night and then the sinking feeling of having that advantage slowly erased as mail-in ballots are counted.

Meet the New Congress December 16, 2020

Wisconsin Rep.-elect Fitzgerald, longtime state legislator, says thin Democrat majority 'game-changer' for GOP

Rep.-elect Scott Fitzgerald, a veteran state legislator from Wisconsin who spent eight years as the Republican leader in the state Senate, is "excited" about what the House Republican minority can do in the next Congress. 

Meet the New Congress December 15, 2020

Rep.-elect Scott Franklin, combat veteran, says too many Americans take freedom for granted

Rep.-elect Scott Franklin, a former naval aviator, appreciates when others thank him for his military service because it's a sign that America has reached a point where veterans are respected.

Meet the New Congress December 12, 2020

Utah Rep.-elect Burgess Owens, former NFL player, compares Antifa, Black Lives Matter to Ku Klux Klan

Rep.-elect Burgess Owens, a former Super Bowl champ who went broke after the NFL, comes to Congress with a nine-word message to inspire others: "If I can do it, you can do it."

Meet the New Congress December 10, 2020

Rep.-elect Jay Obernolte, video game developer, backs tighter Section 230 rules, federal digital privacy law

Congressman-elect Jay Obernolte is a video game developer by trade who seeks a middle-ground approach to multiple major tech issues.

Meet the New Congress December 9, 2020

Texas Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne says ObamaCare was 'one of the biggest lies' of history

Texas GOP Rep.-elect Beth Van Duyne, who got started in local politics because of her daughter's preexisting health condition, said Americans should no longer be stuck with the Affordable Care Act.