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Dick Durbin: “This ruling is an affront to good governance and the point of ‘independent’ federal agencies in the first place.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2026
This ruling is an affront to good governance and the point of ‘independent’ federal agencies in the first place.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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