Herbert Hoover actually said...

I cannot admit the power in the Senate to encroach upon the Executive functions by removal of a duly appointed executive officer under the guise of reconsideration of his nomination.

Context

Message to the Senate Refusing to Return Senate Resolutions of Advice and Consent for Appointments to the Federal Power...

01/09/1931

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