Hackney on opening day (audio)
House Speaker Joe Hackney will take a second tour as the House's top leader. There was a total lack of drama around the selection, since the Democratic caucus had made its pick weeks ago.
But that doesn't mean there wasn't speechifying to be done.
"We have weathered the economic downturns of the past and we have, with carefully planning, nurtured deficits into surpluses over time. I believe that this crisis will be no different, but for the numbers," Hackney told his colleagues on opening day.
Click here to listen to the whole thing. (16 minutes)
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