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Kathleen Rice: “No Secretary, no matter the purpose or intent, should have the ability to waive every law in their entirety with the…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2020
No Secretary, no matter the purpose or intent, should have the ability to waive every law in their entirety with the stroke of a pen.
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Kathleen Rice
Democratic · New York

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Criticism of the waiver authority used by the Trump administration.

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