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Jon Husted: “The federal code is, if you had it stacked, you know, on top…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Published | Video Starts at 11:58

And, and I want to institutionalize this in the federal government because for 200, nearly 250 years, people just keep throwing more things in there. You know, I, I, I think the federal, The federal code is, if you had it stacked, you know, on top of one another, I think it would be like 34ft tall. like rageous. You know. I think one of the interesting things about that too is. Yeah, yeah, now you have different leadership, so you know how to craft budgets, you know, the importance of what a budget is used for. (11:58–12:13)

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