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Nicholas Begich: “Congress has completely divorced itself from the…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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I have yet to have someone come up to me and say, yes, I would freely give $10,000 from my savings account for what's in that bill. I haven't met that person yet. They may be out there, but what we're seeing is Congress has completely divorced itself from the accountability that they should have to each individual, taxpayer and citizen. in this country. And they've got your checkbook in their hand, and they don't mind spending it and then turning around and telling you how great they did doing it. (20:08–20:18)

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Asserts that Congress lacks accountability to taxpayers and citizens.

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