I quite frankly think that whether by deliberate act of the Congress writing legislation that is giving tremendous authority to the executive branch... there has been a dramatic shift in power here in Washington between the legislative branch and the executive branch, and it very much concerns me.
Goodlatte expresses concern over the power shift from Congress to the executive branch.
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