"How we got here" is precisely how we understand the "reality of today."
"How we got here" is precisely how we understand the "reality of today."
Precisely. To put it another way; If we don't understand "How we got here" it isn't possible to avoid going there again in the future.
Since Congress is the biggest decider of where we are going and by design Congress works by arguing things "arguing about how we got here" had better take place.