On the recordApril 21, 2013
This bill gives the Secretary, you, extraordinary discretion if it were to become law in making many, many decisions about how the law would be carried out.
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congress.govJeff Sessions: “This bill gives the Secretary, you, extraordinary discretion if it were to become law in making many, many decisions…”
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Sessions expresses concern over the bill's broad discretionary powers for the Secretary.
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