Mike Rounds: “We've never had a president before that wanted to actually…”

“On Wednesday, they announced half of the Education Department employees are being laid off. Do you have any concerns about how this is being handled? I think we start with the premise that We've never had a president before that wanted to actually reduce the size of the executive branch of government. So for most of us, we look at it, and if you talk to the folks back home, they'll say it's about time somebody started reducing the size of the federal bureaucracy.” (00:23–00:29)

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