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Phil Scott: “They want to create a whole new bureaucracy in order to…”

Featuring: Phil Scott, Republican | Governor of Vermont

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NBC5 In Depth_ VT Gov. Phil Scott discusses Democratic supermajority and more

Published | Video Starts at 13:21

So I believe, I firmly believe that our approach is the best way to get us where we want to go faster than and with less money than either approach taken by the House or the Senate. They want to create a whole new bureaucracy in order to oversee this paid family leave proposal, for instance, which would take about 60 employees. Now, keep in mind, we have 800 employees we're trying to hire today. We have 8,000 employees in total. We can't fill those positions. (13:21–13:32)

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