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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
I think that part of the checks and balances is that the Justice Department and the administration should defend the laws that the Congress puts on the books, regardless of what their personal views may be on those.
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Mark Pryor
Democratic · Arkansas

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Pryor emphasizes the importance of the Justice Department defending congressional laws.

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