Mike Rounds said "When you promise everything to everybody and lay it within an administration like this, whether it is a Republican or a Democrat administration, the challenges of handling a bureaucracy are huge." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 26, 2021

When you promise everything to everybody and lay it within an administration like this, whether it is a Republican or a Democrat administration, the challenges of handling a bureaucracy are huge.

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Mike Rounds

Republican · South Dakota

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Rounds highlights the difficulties of managing a large bureaucracy in veteran services.

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