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Brian Schatz: “It would be important, and it will age well, and your family…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz Details Trump Admin's Destruction Of USAID, Deadly Consequences As Senate Considers DOGE Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 32:07

I'm from Hawaii. It's different. But I do think that there's a point at which it's just not worth it to give this guy every single thing that he wants. And It would be important, and it will age well, and your family will be happy and your staff will be secretly happy, at least some of them. If at some point you establish that there are some limits to the executive branch's power. I yield the floor. (32:07–32:24)

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Asserts that establishing limits to the executive branch's power would be beneficial and well-regarded in the future.

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