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On the recordJuly 19, 2025
I would say, I’m not sure how telling a person who is doing things like making sure that our food is safe or making sure that our critical infrastructure is protected or making sure that veterans, like myself, I served, I led soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, soldiers who are coming back with PTSD, that the people who are helping them to get their medication, that they are the reason for quote — unquote government bloat.
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Wes Moore
Democratic · Maryland

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Response to claims of government bloat.

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