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Mike Kennedy: “The federal government has become the dominant player in all…”

Featuring: Mike Kennedy, Republican | U.S. House Utah, 3rd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 40:34

… you of things that you already know and your listeners to think about it from my perspective is the states created the federal government, not the other way around. And The federal government has become the dominant player in all of our politics and all of our programs. And that is probably short sighted in the form of United States of America. With the big capital of one big huge state being Washington D.C. there's 435 reps and 100 senators and a president. (40:34–40:40)

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