There's no doubt about it. It's hard to convey how dysfunctional Washington D.C. is. The power primarily resides in the chairman of committees and their staffs. And you know, for example, Fiscal clifty, I think that was, you know, we got the final language of that at 1:36 in the morning. We had to vote on it at 1:39 in the morning. I mean, so no, I'm not here defending this place. I mean, I came here to try and limit the federal government. That's, you know, there's my message. (37:24–37:33)
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Asserts that the final language of a fiscal bill was received at 1:36 AM and voted on at 1:39 AM.
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