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On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
We are supposed to have those arguments, but we are supposed to have them here in Congress, not with unelected and very unaccountable bureaucrats.
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Mike Lawler
Republican · New York

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Lawler emphasizes the need for Congressional debate over bureaucratic decisions.

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