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On the recordMarch 8, 2023
Most citizens believe that we make all of the Federal laws, that all of the Federal laws on the books are passed by Congress, but most people in this room realize that for every law we pass, there are probably 1,000 laws that are made by unelected, un-recallable, oftentimes unaccountable, bureaucrats.
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Bill Posey
Republican · Florida

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Posey highlights the issue of bureaucratic rule-making overshadowing Congressional law-making.

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