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On the recordMarch 7, 2011
Sir, my time has run out, but you do not have the authority to create a new land category, and you are trying to circumvent what this Congress and only Congress has the authority to do. You need to stop it, sir.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Broun asserts that the authority to create land categories lies solely with Congress.

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