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On the recordNovember 1, 2023
I think in Congress, that a lot of the ideas that the OLC has propounded are really, really badly wrong.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Concerns about the Office of Legal Counsel's interpretations of the law.

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