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Jay Inslee: “It is a symptom of the illness that affects our system, of why we have not had sufficient regulation. But I do not know…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2001
It is a symptom of the illness that affects our system, of why we have not had sufficient regulation. But I do not know what the campaign system is in some of these countries, the Netherlands and other places, but I know that they do not have a system like we do; otherwise they would have lousy security. They would have lousy security because the security companies would come in, spread influence around and block any safety or yank in their contracts when they do not do a good job.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of campaign systems on security regulation.

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