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On the recordMay 23, 2023
So, yes, there should be some flexibility, but if an emergency declaration keeps renewing 40 years, 24 years, is it really an emergency, or is it just a way to have a continuing policy that for some reason, Congress or the President does not want to submit to the legislative process?
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Jenniffer González-Colón
Republican · Puerto Rico

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Gonzalez-Colon questions the legitimacy of long-term emergency declarations.

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