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On the recordJune 26, 2019
This is a lease that relates to the U.S. Government and it relates to the Constitutional powers of Congress.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin argues the lease's significance to Congress's constitutional powers.

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