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On the recordMarch 4, 1998
What we are finding is at the State level Governors are aggressively slaying the dragons of big State government, whether it is South Dakota, whether it is Colorado or Michigan. They are trimming back on bureaucracy. They are lowering taxes. They are doing all the things that the other side said you cannot do it. The people need this. Government has to deliver these services. And what we are seeing at the State level is kind of like, we can slay those dragons, and when we do, the average person benefits because they keep more of their own money. We create more jobs which increases wages, and we have to learn that same lesson here in Washington, that we can go out and slay those dragons. We can slay the Tax Code and develop a better Tax Code than what has developed over the last 30 years because of special interests. We can change the education bureaucracy here in Washington so that we are focusing on kids again. The education bureaucracy here in Washington focuses on special interests. It focuses on everything but kids learning.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing state-level government reforms and education issues during a House floor speech.

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