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Chaka Fattah: “In reclaiming my time, the point here is that, with every dollar that we appropriate to the Department of Justice, we…”

On the recordMay 9, 2012
In reclaiming my time, the point here is that, with every dollar that we appropriate to the Department of Justice, we operate under the belief that they're carrying out their constitutional responsibilities, so a limitation that says that they have to operate within the Constitution, at best, is somewhat redundant.
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Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania
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May 9, 2012

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