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Mike Lee: “To legislate is to make rules, rules carrying the force of generally applicable law.”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
To legislate is to make rules, rules carrying the force of generally applicable law.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Mike Lee defines the legislative role of Congress in creating laws.

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