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Lamar Alexander: “Sometimes in Washington, we come up with a big idea and say, 'Well, now, let's make everybody do it.'”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2013
Sometimes in Washington, we come up with a big idea and say, 'Well, now, let's make everybody do it.'
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Alexander critiques top-down approaches in favor of local solutions.

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