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Ted Yoho: “We have certainly learned that when an administration moves past or bypasses Congress, like the Obama Administration did…”

On the recordJune 11, 2019
We have certainly learned that when an administration moves past or bypasses Congress, like the Obama Administration did with the JCPOA and passed over a billion dollars to Iran, the consequences of that take a long time to go back and correct.
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Yoho warns against bypassing Congress in foreign policy decisions.

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