Jim Cooper actually said...

the political reward system is such that we are primarily benefited if we have good news speech material that excites voters back home.

Cooper discusses how politicians prioritize appealing messages over addressing real issues.

02/27/2012

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we didn't want it to get mired in a political battle like the Benghazi Committee did

this was such a serious attack on our democracy, and our election process, that it deserved that kind of attention

I share the concern that when we fund contractors to do the same job we are paying twice essentially for the same work, and also undermining...

The public back home really doesn’t care about these places. They really do care about our troops.