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Ken Calvert: We relinquished our authority under the Constitution, it doesn't matter who the President is.

On the recordMarch 6, 2012
We relinquished our authority under the Constitution, it doesn't matter who the President is.
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Ken Calvert
Republican · California

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Criticizing Congress for giving too much funding authority to the President.

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