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On the recordFebruary 12, 2025
There's no verse of Schoolhouse Rock that says give a whole bunch of power to the alphabet soup agencies and let them decide what the governance decisions should be for the people because the people don't have any way to fire the bureaucrats.
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Ben Sasse
Republican · Nebraska

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Sasse criticizes the delegation of power to unaccountable agencies, limiting public accountability.

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