On the recordJanuary 5, 1995
1 year ago today I announced my candidacy to represent the Sixth District of Arizona. During these past 365 days, I have listened and learned a lot traveling the width and breadth of the district that in square mileage is the size of the State of Tennessee. One recurring and overwhelming sentiment shared by my constituents is an absolute repudiation of unfunded Federal mandates. In fact, one mayor in my district has coined an interesting term for the entire process of oppressive overregulation--he now calls the Federal bureaucracy the idiocracy. It is estimated that this idiocracy will cost State and local governments nearly $16 billion in 1995 alone. That comes at the expense of my children's future, the prosperity of the hard-working men and women of my district, and commonsense governance. During these next 99 days, we have a historic opportunity to restore--the Jeffersonian ideal of a limited and frugal federal Government as we enact our Contract With America. Let us work together to dismantle the idiocracy.
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