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Michael Burgess: “It's always been my thesis that the Founders, when they wrote the Constitution, the Commerce Clause was written with the…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
It's always been my thesis that the Founders, when they wrote the Constitution, the Commerce Clause was written with the idea that eventually we'll get to a world of e-commerce.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess reflects on the Constitution's foresight regarding e-commerce and interstate commerce.

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