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Tony Wied: “I am not for continuing to add more power to the federal…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Tony Wied-Kristin Lyerly U.S. House debate

Published | Video Starts at 34:25

Look, I'm running for the United States House of Representatives. Our job is to present spending bills and oversee the agencies at the federal level. I am not for continuing to add more power to the federal government. We live in the United States of America. That was never the intent of our constitution to be sorting these things out at the federal level. This is a state issue. (34:25–34:32)

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Asserts opposition to increasing federal government power.

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