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Brandon Williams: “Montanans are frightened by the militia, not the Federal Government. Montanans are frightened by outlaws, not by those…”

On the recordMay 9, 1995
Montanans are frightened by the militia, not the Federal Government. Montanans are frightened by outlaws, not by those who would enforce the law at local, county, State and Federal levels. My Montanans, as with your constituents in Colorado and our colleagues and constituents throughout the West, recognize full well that the West, for the most part, has been a wonderful partner in having settled and developed the West. The Federal Government plumbed the West. We are, after all, a hydraulic society that insists on making the deserts flourish. It is the Federal Government that set out the Interstate Highway Systems and has done so much to help the economy of the West, and we appreciate the involvement of the Federal Government. We do not fear it.
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Brandon Williams
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Addressing misconceptions about the relationship between Montanans and the Federal Government.

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