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TexasTowelie

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Sat Nov 23, 2019, 10:19 AM Nov 2019

Hayes talks impeachment, stress, and being a mom in Congress

Woodbury — With the House of Representatives wrapping up a marathon week of public hearings on impeachment, Rep. Jahana Hayes faced some intense questioning of her own Friday from a group of eighth graders.

Hayes, D-5th District, a longtime history teacher in Waterbury and a former National Teacher of the Year before she was elected last year, spent her morning at Woodbury Middle School fielding questions about everything from handling stress to — you guessed it — impeachment.

When Hayes was asked if she has been part of the Democratic-led impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump’s conduct regarding Ukraine, she said her “teacher brain” kicked in when it became clear that the House would go forward with the impeachment process and she immediately tweeted.

But it wasn’t a tweet about her position on impeachment. It was to explain the impeachment process.

Read more: https://ctmirror.org/2019/11/22/hayes-talks-impeachment-stress-and-being-a-mom-in-congress/

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