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On the recordMarch 18, 2009
Can't regulate if you don't have the authority, so I assume that you're taking the position that you have the authority.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez asserts the necessity of authority for regulation.

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