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Brad Sherman: “There is a libertarian, almost anarchist, philosophy out there that says disempower the U.S. Federal Government. As part…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2018
There is a libertarian, almost anarchist, philosophy out there that says disempower the U.S. Federal Government. As part of the U.S. Federal Government, I disagree.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman expresses his disagreement with the philosophy advocating for reduced federal power.

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