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Abraham Hamadeh: “Legislators need to have a backbone.”

Featuring: Abraham Hamadeh, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 8

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Prescott Talks: Interview with Abraham Hamadeh, candidate for Arizona Attorney General, Part 2

Published | Video Starts at 07:40

Yeah, there's obviously should be emergency exceptions, but like I mentioned before, or two years for emergency is not an emergency. That's just them taking advantage of law. And I think Legislators need to have a backbone. I think they have to realize that they're the branch closest to the people. That's why they're elected every two years in our legislatures as well as in Congress. (07:40–07:43)

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Asserts that legislators should be more assertive and not abdicate their responsibilities to the executive branch.

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