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On the recordJuly 1, 2026
The Constitution says that the appropriations process is the power of the purse. You are ignoring that. You flout the Constitution every single day and you have been doing it for the last year and a half … we’re not going to continue to allow that to happen. No president has the right to just violate the United States Constitution.
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Rosa DeLauro
Democratic · Connecticut

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Criticizing Vought's handling of appropriated funds.

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