Reclaiming my time, he would have to ignore the will that we enacted here in the bill? With all due respect, I think that proves my point, that it puts the President in an untenable situation where our failure to act to enact the supplemental, which happens around here a lot, would tie the President's hands and create, I think, an irresponsible situation.
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