I hate to say that with my legislative friends behind me, but sadly, Congress continues to abdicate their role in actually governing this country. We're very lucky that the founding fathers of our country, The founding fathers...were very wise to divest power not just between the three branches of government at the federal level, but...these 50 state governors that would have significant powers as well. and that we would act as laboratories of democracy where we could learn from each other. And this is a perfect example of that case. (29:20–29:40)
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