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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
Because the President takes these actions, it relieves the Congress of actually engaging in this process, and this is actually very deleterious to the rule of law.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King criticizes the President's actions for undermining Congress's role in lawmaking.

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