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On the recordJuly 18, 2012
When executive agencies like yours write laws, execute those laws, and adjudicate those laws, they are short-circuiting all of these checks and balances that protect the freedom of our Nation.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock criticizes executive agencies for bypassing legislative checks and balances.

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