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By Nancy Young
“This congress ain’t doing much,” said 13th Congressional District Representative Mac Thornberry as he spoke to Hutchinson County residents at a Town Hall meeting in Borger Monday afternoon.

Representative Thornberry is currently on spring break and he has returned to his home district to visit with his constituents.

He expressed frustration at the lack of progress made by the U.S. House during the first 15 months of the current session.

He said only 197 bills have been passed during the current session, and said many were inconsequential. Thornberry said that about 40 percent of the bills named a federal building, about 80 percent were so non-controversial that 10 or fewer people voted against them.

“This tells you Congress isn’t doing much,” said Thornberry.

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