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Bradley Byrne: “The fact that you have had two weeks to look at this and you cannot offer me any legal authority for what you did tells…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
The fact that you have had two weeks to look at this and you cannot offer me any legal authority for what you did tells me that you just decided or your staff decided we are not going to put the $5 billion in the Treasury as we are required to do by law.
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Bradley Byrne
Alabama

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Byrne criticizes Burwell for not providing legal justification for not following the law.

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