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On the recordFebruary 13, 2020
I will assure anybody that cares to watch what happens this year that there is going to be a monumental fight in the National Defense Authorization Act that will, ultimately, hopefully, culminate in removing the President's power of the purse and restoring the power of Congress, the power of the purse, the power of appropriations.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi discusses the ongoing struggle in Congress regarding the President's budgetary powers and the National Defense Authorization Act.

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