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Jay Furman: “Federal government, they should only be doing three things…”

Featuring: Jay Furman, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 28

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Jay Furman's Campaign for Texas Congressional District 28: Border Security and Political Reform

Published | Video Starts at 33:36

And you know, as in our success, the generations that have enjoyed the success, you know, are subject to capture, subject to apathy. You know, it's human nature. But if we pull the teeth out of the government, Federal government, they should only be doing three things Constitutionally, no one knows this. They should only be doing defense, foreign affairs, and interstate commerce. In other words, some rules of the road between the different sovereign states of which we have 50 of. (33:36–33:47)

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Asserts that constitutionally, the federal government should only handle defense, foreign affairs, and interstate commerce.

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