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Joe Scarborough: “If I could, and I know the gentleman needs to be going on, but could you just tell me if your experience coming to…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 1995
If I could, and I know the gentleman needs to be going on, but could you just tell me if your experience coming to Washington, DC was the same as mine because I know we were both citizens and removed from this process, but were you not filled with the sense of awe when you came up here and saw freshmen, and sophomores, and so-called old bulls that all want to move in this direction of reform and bringing power back to the States? I never in a million years expected to find so many allies in this cause to downsize the Federal Government, and it just amazes me that we have done more in 50 days than the past Congresses have been able to do in the past 50 years as far as institutional reform, and I yield to the gentleman.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing the sense of reform and downsizing the Federal Government in Congress.

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