Peter DeFazio actually said...

the assertion by DOT was that this was administration policy. Now everybody knows that Presidents' budgets are not policy, they are merely a suggestion to the United States Congress.

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DeFazio emphasizes that presidential budget proposals are not binding and Congress controls funding.

07/15/2019

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