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Adam Schiff: “I appreciate that. And that's absolutely correct. If the Justice Department determines in its view, just as you and I…”

On the recordMay 9, 2012
I appreciate that. And that's absolutely correct. If the Justice Department determines in its view, just as you and I must, that something is constitutional and must be defended or something is unconstitutional and cannot be defended, then we have to follow through with those obligations. But I don't think it's our position to defund the Justice Department when, in the good faith execution of its oath to uphold the Constitution, it is defending a law that this Congress has passed.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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May 9, 2012

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