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Dan Sullivan: “I don't believe that is laid out in any statute, any statute by which you get your authority, and that is a policy call…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
I don't believe that is laid out in any statute, any statute by which you get your authority, and that is a policy call that should be made by the Congress of the United States, not by a Federal agency that doesn't have that authority.
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Dan Sullivan
Republican · Alaska

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Sullivan argues that policy decisions should be made by Congress, not federal agencies.

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