I would think that the exercise of executive privilege so extensively yesterday was an abuse of the rights of this Congress.
Summer Lee: “I would think that the exercise of executive privilege so extensively yesterday was an abuse of the rights of this…”
On the recordJune 19, 2019
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Critique of the extensive use of executive privilege in Congress.
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