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Steve King: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just make a brief point that the executive branch has made a decision not to…”

On the recordMay 9, 2012
I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just make a brief point that the executive branch has made a decision not to defend DOMA, which is the law of the land. So that's a discretion that apparently we would concede to the executive branch of government not to defend DOMA, but not accepting the antithesis of it, which I believe is the Blackburn amendment.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa
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May 9, 2012

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