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Tan Parker: “Washington thinks that it created the states. It's just the…”

Featuring: Tan Parker, Republican | Texas State Senate, District 12

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Interview with Tan Parker on 'Making Government Work' on Across the States Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

The only way that you do those things with innovation is through an agenda that is driven by the states. So the basis of federalism is the heart and soul of this. Again, at the end of the day, Washington thinks that it created the states. It's just the other way around. The states created Washington. and it's our time now to lead the country forward with a conservative agenda for the states. (05:03–05:10)

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Asserts that the states created Washington, not the other way around.

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