I find it very odd that someone IN government appears to adhere to a philosophy of dismantling ("reigning in") the government while claiming to govern...! (it's the conservative mantra)

That kind of talk simply doesn't make any sense to people in most western democracies, but it has become an oft-repeated slogan of the conservative movement in the USA which is secretly devoted to one thing: enabling very rich people to become even richer at the expence of everyone else in society.

CEOs used to earn average 22 times what a line worker earned a few decades ago. They now earn average 400 times what a line worker earns. This is what has been accomplished by deregulation and "reigning in government". The so-called "trickle-down" theory was a big fat lie.

Most people who vote for conservative politicians have themselves been badly hurt by the policies of the very people they voted for, but they just don't get it, because they believe the standard rhetoric and have no idea where their money is really going.