Richard Blumenthal said "For him to resist would be as one constitutional scholar has said anti-constitutional, because the Congress, remember, is a source for oversight." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 6, 2019

For him to resist would be as one constitutional scholar has said anti-constitutional, because the Congress, remember, is a source for oversight.

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Blumenthal argues that the president's resistance to congressional oversight is unconstitutional.

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