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Lance Russell: “The governor's office, they'll have these people in…”

Featuring: Lance Russell, Republican | Member, South Dakota Senate, District 30

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Senator Russell on Vehicle Bills, Governor Schmoozing, Strongarming Legislature

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

The other structural problem is we have a number of rules as to deadlines for the introduction of bills and things of this nature. Well, The governor's office, they'll have these people in leadership then sponsor a whole bunch of bills that say nothing. like 12 or 15 bills that actually say to enhance South Dakota. And there's nothing in them. And then like on this pipeline bill, they've been dreaming up this, what they're going to do to quell the pipeline disturbances for months. (01:35–01:44)

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