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Jeff Sessions: “Under our constitutional system of government, HHS must receive an appropriation from Congress before it can make…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
Under our constitutional system of government, HHS must receive an appropriation from Congress before it can make payments to insurance companies that lose money under this law.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Emphasizing the need for congressional appropriation for healthcare payments.

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