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On the recordFebruary 13, 2019
It will certainly be challenged in the courts and it will be stopped in the courts. I think it is likely, although speaking just for myself and not as a representative of the leadership that we will have an opportunity to vote and disapprove of what the president is doing.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff discusses the likelihood of legal challenges against the president's actions and the opportunity for Congress to vote against it.

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