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Ed Royce: “The current law puts Congress not in the driver seat, not as a coequal branch of government, not in the back seat, but…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2014
The current law puts Congress not in the driver seat, not as a coequal branch of government, not in the back seat, but in the trunk when it comes to deciding what our policy will be on nuclear cooperation agreements.
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Ed Royce
Republican · California

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Royce criticizes Congress's limited role in nuclear cooperation agreements.

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