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Riley Moore: “There's too many lawyers [in Congress].”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Can A Republican Be Pro-Union? Congressman Riley Moore | Better Bad Ideas | Ep. 66

Published | Video Starts at 49:56

And I set up tmz. So there is definitely something wrong with Congress, but you know, why can't we get anything done? And my simple answer, that There's too many lawyers [in Congress]. Almost everybody up there wants to be the smartest guy in the world. Yeah, well, but also think about how lawyers train. I'm not one. They go to law school to mitigate risk. (49:56–50:00)

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