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Chip Roy: Do you agree that it would be wrong for us to be, as Washington often is, arrogant in our wisdom as to think that the…

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
Do you agree that it would be wrong for us to be, as Washington often is, arrogant in our wisdom as to think that the Government and its selected representatives, a bureaucracy, is the only institution equipped to intervene in the most dire of circumstances?
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Roy criticizes the belief that only government can effectively address veteran care issues.

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