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James Lankford: “So, where is the check, as I have mentioned before, for an agency or an independent agency that they both create the…”

On the recordApril 27, 2015
So, where is the check, as I have mentioned before, for an agency or an independent agency that they both create the rule, they interpret the rule, they enforce the rule...
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the lack of checks on agency rule-making processes.

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