Mick Mulvaney: “We do not have the ability to make law. That is not what we are…”

On the recordApril 11, 2018

We do not have the ability to make law. That is not what we are supposed to do in the executive branch.

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Mulvaney emphasizes the role of the executive branch in enforcing laws, not making them.

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Mick Mulvaney: “We do not have the ability to make law. That is not what we are supposed to do in the executive branch.”