Ron Johnson: “All these federal bureaucracies are way too big.”

“But if you read that, if you read that full testimony, you just get the feeling of the sclerotic bureaucracy that exists just to exist. They're not performing their function. The CIA is way bigger than it needs to be. All these federal bureaucracies are way too big. And I've always felt this, but I'm absolutely fervent in my conclusion. You're not going to fix government. All you can do is shrink.” (20:06–20:10)

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