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Pete Sessions: “Well, with regard to Madison, that father of the Constitution and a man I admire, he set up coequal branches and he…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2004
Well, with regard to Madison, that father of the Constitution and a man I admire, he set up coequal branches and he expected each one to be a check and a balance on the other. Would not the Senator expect that Madison would have expected this Senate and this Congress to defend its prerogative to set policies concerning marriage and family and resist the encroachment of that power from the courts?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the role of Congress in setting policies on marriage and family.

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