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Frank Pallone: I just see this radicalism, this extremism, taking over amongst them. It is the whole idea that their ideology is the…

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
I just see this radicalism, this extremism, taking over amongst them. It is the whole idea that their ideology is the only ideology, and unless they get their way on the budget, they are going to close the Government down. There is a lack of concern for Government workers, lack of concern for constituents who need Government services. The whole idea that somehow Government itself is bad and, therefore, it is not a problem to shut it down because the Government is evil, the Government should not even be here. Almost an anarchistic approach, that I think the gentlewoman from Ohio mentioned before. It is an extremism. It is a radicalism that seems to be taking hold on the other side of the aisle.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Addressing concerns about radicalism and extremism in budget negotiations.

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