Ex-GOP Rep. Ken Buck says he wanted to leave Congress 'about three weeks' after he arrived: 'It took me a long time to figure out how to get out of this place'

• Onetime Rep. Ken Buck didn't have a very good impression of Capitol Hill upon his arrival in 2015.
• Buck told The New York Times that he wanted out of Congress "about three weeks" into the role.
• But the ex-congressman remarked that it took him a while to map out a plan to leave the House.

Former Rep. Ken Buck has not been shy about calling out what he says is the highly dysfunctional nature of Congress.