George P. Radanovich: “In my perception, I think, of what we have seen in the brief year and a half and a little bit more that we have been in…”

“In my perception, I think, of what we have seen in the brief year and a half and a little bit more that we have been in Washington as freshmen, it has been one of continual amazement in our dialog with the American people and how we think our Government relates to society in general, and how we are coming up against some pretty old ideas that have been around town for the last 40 years about government and its relationship with the people, as if that is the only relationship that is in America today. It kind of epitomizes the Great Society and some of the ways of thinking of the last 40 years, in that the only relationship in America is Americans, with their government, and that there is only a two-way street there. In coming to Washington and having to develop ideas on how to solve complex problems, like the deficit that we have, the up to $200 billion deficit and $5 trillion worth of debt, we have to begin to think in terms of other relationships that comprise America; that there are other institutions out there that are perhaps fundamentally more suited to the solving of some of our society's problems.”