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Peter Roskam: “The law is really clear that you can't spend money that hasn't been appropriated. There is no ambiguity about that.”

On the recordJune 9, 2015
The law is really clear that you can't spend money that hasn't been appropriated. There is no ambiguity about that.
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Peter Roskam
Republican · Illinois

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Roskam asserts the constitutional requirement for appropriated spending.

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