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Spencer Cox: “You have a federal government, a federal Congress that is…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Gov. Cox discusses new national security legislation

Published | Video Starts at 29:46

… 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. You have a federal government, a federal Congress that is not doing their job to protect this country. But we don't just have to sit on our hands. We can get to work. And we have, you see these good legislators that have jumped in. (29:46–29:54)

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Asserts that the federal government and Congress are failing to protect the country.

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