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On the recordDecember 10, 2019
It is not the unelected people telling the elected individual how we do things, because the unelected people aren't directly accountable to we the people.
Said by
Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Jordan emphasizes the importance of elected officials over unelected bureaucrats in policy-making.

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