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On the recordJuly 16, 2017
I want to give the administration maximum flexibility, but where Congress has said that this area... it seems to me that we are the policy arm.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin emphasizes Congress's role in policy areas specified by statute.

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