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John Conyers: “Reclaiming my time, we can authorize it ourselves. Do we not have at least that much power? I thought we could do that.…”

On the recordJuly 27, 2001
Reclaiming my time, we can authorize it ourselves. Do we not have at least that much power? I thought we could do that. Who is this supreme authorizing body in Washington, D.C., that I do not know much about?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the authority of a governing body during a discussion on self-authorization.

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