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David Schweikert: At some point we have got to wake up and decide this is not a partisan; it actually should be about the people we…

On the recordDecember 3, 2013
At some point we have got to wake up and decide this is not a partisan; it actually should be about the people we represent and not the vanity here of trying to justify things that we have done that do not work.
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona

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Schweikert calls for a focus on constituents over partisan politics.

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