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Markwayne Mullin: “Government's position was to create an environment for…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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So don't, don't, don't come flying off at me about, about how great you are and what the agency does. I've seen the end product. Yeah, you and I like to say this all the time. Government's position was to create an environment for entrepreneurs, for go getters, for guys that's going to get up every day and something themselves like you guys, they're going to, you're going to do something outside the box. You're going to be creative, to be successful. What has happened now is government has begun to think that they are the solution and they become the problem. And all we're saying is just get out of our way. I get there needs to be some regulation, but the heavy handed part of government is what we ran from and that's what we have become. (30:44–31:08)

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Asserts that the government has shifted from supporting entrepreneurs to becoming a problem.

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