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I spent 28 years in congress as a staff member, first as a personal staffer for congressman john kasich. Then as a staffer for the Budget Committee, the House Budget Committee when he was chairman. I was the analyst for National Security affairs. In 2005, i moved on to the senate and work at the Budget Committee there in the same capacity. What do you think of that statement . Up close it is truly ugly. It generally is. I would want to temper that. It has been a long time have it habit of everyone to criticize congress because they think that resonates with the public. It truly has become to some degree a horror show because of the increased partisanship and polarization. However, it is an institution by the firstb list article in the constitution. If ....
However, it is an institution that is as tab list by the first article in the constitution. If we dont nurture it, if good people do not go there, if good staffers do not go there, what we will have is the reichstag or one of those chamber of the utes situations in the french third republic. I dont want that. I won young people instead of going to wall street to go to congress or to go to the executive branch. We invited you to come talk about a column that you wrote about the bob gates book. We will get to that in a second. I want to go back to another quote. I know you have read this book. What do you think of that characterization . Occasionally that is true. I wish he had cited more instances of that. Sometimes, executive Branch Officials are very carefully trained and vetted and screened and go through murder boards at their executive agencies of how not to tell things to congress. Do seem to be answering the question and n ....
I wouldnt i wouldnt yes, no. Could you repeat that question . Weve got to get the attorney general to act. The president or anybody else. Seems youd remember Something Like that and be able to tell us. Yeah, but im trying to grapple with the word suggest. Hes got to act fast. Hes got to appoint somebody. Theyve not asked me to open an investigation, but perhaps theyve suggested . This is major corruption and this has to be known about before the election. I dont know. I wouldnt say suggest. Hinted . I dont know. Inferred . You dont know. Okay. This has to be done early so the attorney general has to act. Senator harris now the democratic vicepresident ial nominee finally gets an answer to a question she asked the attorney general more than a year ago. You know better late than never. You know, willie, im surrounded, most of the people that i see every day are voting for donald trump. Most of the friends i grew up with are voting f ....