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Jeb Hensarling: “This is supposed to be a democracy of laws established by the people to govern themselves.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
This is supposed to be a democracy of laws established by the people to govern themselves.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Critique of government overreach and loss of democratic principles.

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