Eugene DePasquale: “I was known as having the lowest expenses in the state.”

“And when I did that, that sort of set me on the, on these, the trajectory of sort of being the openness and transparency legislator. We helped rewrite the open records law. I was known as having the lowest expenses in the state. I even bought my district office furniture at a yard sale. And so you know that. So I was known as being Mr. Frugal, at least when it came to the expenses under my control.” (05:40–05:43)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.