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Mike Lee: “It says basically that for any new major rule to take effect... it would need to pass affirmatively into law.”

On the recordApril 29, 2014
It says basically that for any new major rule to take effect... it would need to pass affirmatively into law.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Mike Lee explains the REINS Act's requirement for major rules to be passed by Congress.

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