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On the recordApril 19, 2016
My fear is that while we can reverse this trend, we are fast approaching a certain constitutional failsafe line where the administrative state will become a fixed and unassailable reality of American government.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford expresses concern over the growing power of the administrative state.

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