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David McKinley: “Can you tell me, if the Congress has acted this way, what authority do you have just to deem away an act of Congress…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
Can you tell me, if the Congress has acted this way, what authority do you have just to deem away an act of Congress that we are not going to do this, that we are not going to proceed?
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Questioning authority to ignore a Congressional act regarding Yucca Mountain.

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