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On the recordJanuary 29, 2018
The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States or the American people should decide what to do about what he did.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Senator Alexander argues that the decision regarding the president's actions should be left to the American people rather than Congress.

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