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Heidi Heitkamp: Yes, and this is a problem because we give deference--and I do not mean to give the Chairman any more ammunition than…

On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
Yes, and this is a problem because we give deference--and I do not mean to give the Chairman any more ammunition than what he already has on deference--but we give deference to longstanding interpretations of agencies.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

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Heitkamp discusses the issue of deference to agency interpretations and its implications.

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