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Jim Risch: “We are not going to tolerate an agency saying, well, we do not like that law so we are not going to enforce it.”

On the recordMay 30, 2023
We are not going to tolerate an agency saying, well, we do not like that law so we are not going to enforce it.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch asserts Congress's authority over the Department of Defense's enforcement of laws.

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