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Mark DeSaulnier: “It is a little difficult for me to sit here and listen to you say it is the Congress' responsibility, when this…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2019
It is a little difficult for me to sit here and listen to you say it is the Congress' responsibility, when this Administration has, and the President has publicly said that the second article of the Constitution tells--gives him the authority to do whatever he wants.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

DeSaulnier critiques the Administration's claim of constitutional authority over Congress.

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