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Ed Markey: there is, in your opinion, a constitutional responsibility for Members of Congress to have to have voted on that before…

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
there is, in your opinion, a constitutional responsibility for Members of Congress to have to have voted on that before such a nuclear war is commenced by the United States.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes Congress's constitutional role in authorizing nuclear actions.

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