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Cory Booker: “We are the Article I branch of government. We have a sworn obligation. We all swore an oath to uphold the Constitution…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2019
We are the Article I branch of government. We have a sworn obligation. We all swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and that means the constitutional mandates to provide oversight of the executive. And he's not cooperating with that.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker emphasizes the responsibility of Congress to provide oversight of the executive branch, highlighting the lack of cooperation from the President.

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