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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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Silence Speaks Volumes: Begich on Peltola's Failure to Address Anti-Semitism

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Why does D.C. so desperately want Mary Peltola to come back? Well, it should be obvious because she. She's there to play ball with them. Right. And I will tell you, There are 20,000, more than 20,000 registered lobbyists in D.C. now, there's only 535 members of the Senate and the House combined. So you're greatly outnumbered. When you're down in D.C. there's a lobbyist around every corner. And why does. (01:21–01:27)

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