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John Doolittle: “My colleagues want more regulation, more government and less freedom. I might point out that since the 1974 FECA…”

On the recordJune 17, 1998
My colleagues want more regulation, more government and less freedom. I might point out that since the 1974 FECA amendments, political participation has steadily declined in this country. And then I hear the philosophy of the gentleman and bootstrap that to demonstrate why we need more government regulation, which would be further reduction.
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John Doolittle
Republican · California

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Discussing the impact of government regulation on political participation.

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