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Sam Brownback: Secretary Mossbacher that used to run the Department of Commerce was there at the press conference endorsing this. Don…

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Secretary Mossbacher that used to run the Department of Commerce was there at the press conference endorsing this. Don Hodel, who used to run the Department of Energy I talked to today is strongly supporting us. Henson Moore that used to be the secretary in command at the Department on Energy, I visited with him today and working with him on this particular project as well. Those are people both at HUD and Energy. At Education, Dr. Bennett and Lamar Alexander have publicly endorsed doing away with the Department of Education as a way we can create better education and innovation across the country. They both have publicly endorsed this as well in that field. So, you have got secretaries in Commerce, in HUD, in Energy, in Education, all saying 'Look, folks. We tried it. We tried it hard. We tried it with billions and trillions of dollars. Centralized planning in the Soviet Union, former Soviet Union or the United States, doesn't work. You got to get it back home, and this is the way you do it.' And we are just starting, and I hope the American people lean in toward this concept and help us move this on forward to get the government back out to the people.
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing endorsements for reducing the size of federal departments and promoting local governance.

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