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Alex Padilla: “The Congressional Review act is a law and it says that all…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla's Defense of California's Clean Air Act Amid Senate Filibuster Debate

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

For the good of the order and an actual functioning democracy, we have all come to rely on the parliamentarian to call balls and strikes and set the rules of the road. But The Congressional Review act is a law and it says that all points of order are waived during a CRA resolution. And that's what we're debating right now, an actual CRA resolution relating to hydrogen fuel. Now, I oppose this particular resolution, but at least it is following the law and Senate procedure. (06:01–06:13)

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Asserts that the Congressional Review Act waives all points of order during a CRA resolution.

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