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Adam Smith: “The gentleman is making an example that is pretty flagrant, but people around America see these things. They live and…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1995
The gentleman is making an example that is pretty flagrant, but people around America see these things. They live and they see and they hear their neighbors talk about these things, and I think it makes sense, then, when we see the polls that we just saw that came out in the last few days, a bipartisan pollster took a poll on the confidence in government, and, basically, we flunked. Seventy-five percent of the people do not trust government, whether it be politicians or whether it be these agencies. They see things like this and they feel robbed. We have to do what the gentleman is doing. We have to dig it out, we have to make it public, and we have to change the old ways.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing public distrust in government and the need for transparency.

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