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On the recordMarch 16, 2016
Simply put, Chevron deference is a blank check for the Executive Branch to exercise its own brand of legislative authority with little or no accountability.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford criticizes Chevron deference as undermining accountability in government.

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