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On the recordApril 27, 2015
It is a very conservative principle, because it is in the Constitution that things that are fundamentally about interstate commerce can be governed at the Federal level.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Vitter argues for federal governance over interstate commerce based on constitutional principles.

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