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Rand Paul: I guess a followup to that would be this: Are those arguments still being floated from this administration that there…

On the recordMay 20, 2015
I guess a followup to that would be this: Are those arguments still being floated from this administration that there are article II powers? There is a debate going on over this Executive Order 12333. The question is whether people are still trying to maintain that Congress has no ability to oversee or review it? But I have seen, at least in the lay press--I think they say in the lay press that there is some special investigation. Without going into detail, is there some kind of investigation or evaluation of the Executive order being done by us or one of the congressional bodies? That was in the lay press.
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Rand Paul
Republican · Kentucky
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May 20, 2015

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