Just a fact of the modern era in american politics. Washington journal continues. Host joining us from knoxville, tennessee is congressman tim burchett, republican of that stat and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committee and you were one of the eight that voted against Kevin Mccarthy as speaker, why . Guest i really had to pass. A friend of mine called me the other day and i was working at the house. He was going to have major heart surgery and he was concerned about me. He asked me what i would do and i said i didnt know. I was wanting to keep kevin as a friend. That was weighing on my hard pretty heavy. But my conscience was telling me we need to make a change. We havent brought up the term limits bill, we stayed home the entire month of august, two weeks in september, there was no urgency to the end of the fiscal year in october and when we did, we passed a 45 day continuing resolution up to the thanksgiving holiday which will force us to pass an omnibus bill then. T
Are some aspects that are not within the control of cities. When youre talking that interstate commerce, obviously that is a federal issue. Another key aspect advocate for is local control. There is an understanding that if we are charging cities with being our leaders of innovation , both local governments themselves and cities as test grounds for innovation, that we need to empower cities to do that. There are many concerns on local governments to help them facilitate additional innovation in the economy. It is certainly a challenge and one that we recognize. It probably does not get enough attention currently, we put a block of pressure and expectation at the federal and state level making the assumption that local governments and cities are handling it, or it is your responsibility. Again there is the issue of health and safety, and that is part of how cities are any government balance the regulatory environment. Some of it may lead to the businesses have more regulations than they
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