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Glenn Grothman: “I think our forefathers were antithetical to the government growing at all.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2016
I think our forefathers were antithetical to the government growing at all.
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin

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Grothman discusses the founding principles aimed at limiting government growth.

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