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On the recordOctober 27, 2015
I still think that the founding principles of vesting that power into the lower house first, or even the upper house, the power with the people, instead of ceding that over to a bureaucracy, is going to give the best possible outcome in the long run.
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Doug LaMalfa
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

LaMalfa advocates for maintaining legislative power with elected representatives rather than bureaucratic agencies.

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