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Jim Risch: “This country has gotten to the point where the constitutional provision, which is a foundation of this country, that…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
This country has gotten to the point where the constitutional provision, which is a foundation of this country, that establishes 3 branches of government has just been totally ignored by the bureaucracy.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch criticizes bureaucratic overreach and the neglect of constitutional separation of powers.

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