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Tim Sheehy: “We've had decades of bureaucratic sclerosis that have…”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Tim Sheehy team up on bill that would let Defense Department fix equipment

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

And it all has to do with with government contracts. Take a listen. Why can't the military fix its own equipment? You want to go first, Tim? Well, We've had decades of bureaucratic sclerosis that have created a really broken system that's rife with perverse incentives. It's also rife with requirements that aren't always grounded in what the warfighter actually needs and a huge focus on process over outcome. (01:07–01:15)

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Asserts that bureaucratic inefficiencies have led to a broken defense system with perverse incentives.

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