Tom Tancredo: “I find myself often in a situation where I will be listening to the…”

On the recordNovember 2, 1999

I find myself often in a situation where I will be listening to the debate on this floor or in the committee and there is something about it that just does not ring true. You say to yourself, now, how would this play, how would this debate play out? What if I had to go home and explain this particular debate to the folks back home? And it really, when you think that to yourself while you are sitting there, it has this great effect on you, because it brings you back to reality. I do not know how many times I have said to myself in the last week or so, how would I go home and explain to folks the fact that I did not think that the Federal Government could afford to reduce expenditures by 1 percent? How could I do that?

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Tom Tancredo

Colorado

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Discussing the challenges of explaining congressional debates to constituents.

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Tom Tancredo: “I find myself often in a situation where I will be listening to the debate on this floor or in the committee and there…”

Editor's note · Context