Mike Collins: “I appreciate the gentleman from Missouri. One of the things that I…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2013

I appreciate the gentleman from Missouri. One of the things that I just want to ask you, as we just take a moment here, one of the things you brought up is something that I have discovered, and I just actually discovered it when I was on the State legislature as well, but up here it is even more prevalent: Have you already gotten the sense of ``Washington Knows Best?'' There used to be a TV show called ``Father Knows Best.'' I think up here we live ``Washington Knows Best.'' Is that what you are seeing?

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Jul 17, 2013

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