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Texan Pete Gallego: This Congress the least productive, least popular in U.S. history

By W. Gardner Selby December 18, 2014

Democratic U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego, who lost his re-election bid, had this to say in his farewell remarks on the House floor: "This Congress made history as the least productive, most unpopular Congress in the history of this proud nation."

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Alas for fact-checkers, there's not enough data behind either part of this claim to reach a True rating. But this statement holds up for the past five to seven decades.

See the full fact check of U.S. Rep. Gallego, D-Alpine.

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