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Brian Fitzpatrick: “Congress does the appropriating. The executive branch of…”

Featuring: Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 1st Congressional District

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… of funding, because once we learn that, it'll tell us what our jurisdiction is in terms of remedial measures either to block it or to reverse it and fix it. Congress does the appropriating. The executive branch of government does not have any money on its own. Every dollar that the executive branch possesses comes from Article 1. It comes from Congress through the appropriations process. So that's the first question, is where is this money being pulled from? (01:49–01:57)

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Asserts that Congress is responsible for appropriating funds, not the executive branch.

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