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John Hickenlooper: “We went over all 24,500 rules and regulations and we either…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Virtual Town Hall with Senator Hickenlooper and Janine Davidson on National Issues

Published | Video Starts at 31:37

It was smaller. So I've always. I believe that everything needs to be pruned. Right. And when I became governor, we went on to governor of Colorado. We went over all 24,500 rules and regulations and we either eliminated 11,000 of them or dramatically simplified them. just because it was too much red tape, too much bureaucracy. That's what you have when you have too much government. I think most Americans think government probably should be a little smaller. (31:37–31:47)

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Asserts that a significant number of rules and regulations were eliminated or simplified during his governorship.

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