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Sam Brownback: “Look, we have tried it, and we have really tried it. It is time to move on, and let us try something different that we…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 1995
Look, we have tried it, and we have really tried it. It is time to move on, and let us try something different that we think really can work and can be liberating to the people across the country, and you are seeing it take place from this freshman reform group, 73 of us coming in strong at this time, many of us elected on the type of agenda I was, reduce the Federal Government, reform the Congress, return to the basic values that built the country, those being the watch words for us. And I cannot help but think the original Federalists are saying, ``It's about time.''
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing the need for government reform and a shift in policy direction.

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