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Brad Sherman: You will stretch every statute beyond its breaking point in order to make Congress irrelevant to the decisionmaking…

On the recordJune 11, 2019
You will stretch every statute beyond its breaking point in order to make Congress irrelevant to the decisionmaking process.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman criticizes the administration for bypassing Congress in arms sales decisions.

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