Do We Need a More Assertive Congress?

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Mar 13, 202561:00Science & Medicine

Philip Wallach ( follow on X ) is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the book Why Congress , which he joins Richard Hanania to discuss. In this conversation, Hanania and Wallach review...

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