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David Schweikert: “Yeah. Your life is hell. I do Joint Economic Committee and Ways and Means. That is actually one of the elegance the…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2026
Yeah. Your life is hell. I do Joint Economic Committee and Ways and Means. That is actually one of the elegance the Founding Fathers gave us is, we eventually end up where we are good. In some ways, I always loved the yin and yang thing here where you are doing the legal stuff and then I am going to actually sort of pound on the math.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing the balance of legal and economic perspectives in legislative work.

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