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Now they can tell us how they really feel. i'm talking about outgoing senators who either weren't re-elected or chose to get out of politics. take a listen. >> all the evidence points to an unsettling truth. the senate as an institution is in crisis, or at least may be in crisis. the committee process lies in shambles. regular order is a relic of the past. and compromise once the guiding credo of this great institution is now synonymous with surrender. >> something is broken, and if we don't have the strength to look in the mirror and fix it, the american people are going to grow more and more...

Moments of service to the nation would be gracious. i would think george washington's farewell address. how are the characters on capitol hill leaving us? >> they chose a more petty path. let's start with arizona senator jeff flake. >> my colleagues, to say our politics is not healthy is somewhat of an understatement. i believe that we all know well that this is not a normal time and that the threats to our democracy from within and without are real. and none of us can say with confidence how the situation we now find ourselves in will turn out. >> laura: thank god the establishment is getting...

Departing by choice, others not so much, are giving their farewell speeches from their senate desks. >> as i stand here today, i am optimistic about the future, but my optimism is due more to the country that my parents gave to me than is due to the president condition of our civic life. i believe that we all know well that this is not a normal time, and that the threats to our democracy from within and without are real. and none of us can say with confidence how the situation that we now find ourselves in will turnout. >> peter morgan, an author, said no family is complete without an embarras...

Departing by choice, others not so much, are giving their farewell speeches from their senate desks. >> as i stand here today, i am optimistic about the future, but my optimism is due more to the country that my parents gave to me than is due to the president -- present condition of our civic life. i believe that we all know well that this is not a normal time, and that the threats to our democracy from within and without are real. and none of us can say with confidence how the situation that we now find ourselves in will turn out. >> peter morgan, an author, said no family is complete without...

The departing senators, some departing by choice, others not so much, are giving their farewell speeches from their senate desks. >> as i stand here today, i am optimistic about the future, but my optimism is due more to the country that my parents gave to me than is due to the president condition of our civic life. i believe that we all know well that this is not a normal time, and that the threats to our democracy from within and without are real. and none of us can say with confidence how the situation that we now find ourselves in will turnout. >> peter morgan, an author, said no family is...