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.

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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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