We give the agency the right to say that they do not have to implement that mandate. If they find there is less money than is necessary to carry out the mandate, you give them the option of reducing the mandate or torpedoing the mandate. That is what the Senator from West Virginia and I are both objecting to.
Discussing concerns over agency discretion in implementing mandates.
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