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Tom Marino: “I think some of my colleagues agree with me that unless we specifically state by statute, nobody, not the executive…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2015
I think some of my colleagues agree with me that unless we specifically state by statute, nobody, not the executive branch, not the judicial branch, has a right to appropriate money.
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Tom Marino
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Marino asserts that only Congress has the constitutional right to appropriate funds.

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