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Richard Shelby: “Do you disagree that if the statute is clear, unambiguous, that you cannot change that statute by rule?”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2012
Do you disagree that if the statute is clear, unambiguous, that you cannot change that statute by rule?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Shelby questions the authority to modify clear statutory requirements.

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