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David Schweikert: “Congress has become substantially a protection racket. We…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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If those of us who know chips, we've actually created a motto in our office. Money, power, vanity. But most time it's about the money. I would argue that Congress has become substantially a protection racket. We protect incumbent bureaucracies [and] incumbent business models. And when someone comes to us and says, hey, I have this thing you can blow into and boom, it will tell you have the flu and can bounce off your medical records and order your antivirals. (43:43–43:49)

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Asserts that Congress functions as a protection racket for existing bureaucracies and business models.

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