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Jim Risch: “Congress has the power of the purse under the Constitution, so Congress will have to decide the levels at which it…”

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
Congress has the power of the purse under the Constitution, so Congress will have to decide the levels at which it wishes to fund these activities.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch emphasizes Congress's budgetary authority regarding State Department funding.

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