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Marshall Sanford: “We have got to go about looking at the national needs of this country as opposed to just the regional needs or the local…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2016
We have got to go about looking at the national needs of this country as opposed to just the regional needs or the local needs. We got off on the notion of earmarks, and at times our answer is just to cede to the executive branch that deliberation. I think that what this bill correctly does is it pulls back to Congress that which the Constitution vested with the Congress in deliberation of these kinds of matters, which makes it incredibly important.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina
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Sep 27, 2016

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