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Nicholas Begich: “There are 20,000, more than 20,000 registered lobbyists in…”

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

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The Battle for Alaska's Sole House Seat: Nick Begich on House Candidacy

Published | Video Starts at 29:05

Why does DC so desperately want Mary Peltola to come back? Well, it should be obvious because she's there to play ball with them. Right. And there I will tell you, There are 20,000, more than 20,000 registered lobbyists in DC. Now, there's only 535 members of the Senate and the House combined. So you're greatly outnumbered when you're down in DC. There are. There's a lobbyist around every corner. (29:05–29:10)

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Asserts that there are over 20,000 registered lobbyists in Washington, D.C.

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