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David Schweikert: “No, I haven't. I may let you do that. Let me just pitch what this one means. In 2011, when I first got here and I…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
No, I haven't. I may let you do that. Let me just pitch what this one means. In 2011, when I first got here and I started this project in our office, we actually set up a little team in our office we call the ideas shop. We actually grind out these numbers all the time, and we watch them like a hawk. We actually do something fun. When the trustee reports come out, we sit there with our yellow highlighters and read them as a group. The amazing thing is I have almost no staff turnover, which I can't figure out why they stay. I hear some of my staff laughing in the background.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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Feb 10, 2016

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