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On the recordJune 30, 2010
I would make the case today that we find ourselves in trouble as a Nation because the judiciary and the executive branch has not slapped Congress down on the massive expansion of the Commerce Clause.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn argues that the judiciary and executive should limit Congress's use of the Commerce Clause.

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