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Cliff Bentz: “The power that we enjoy here in Congress, if that's the…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Cliff Bentz Warns That It Is 'Hard To Reel Back In' Congressional Power Once Granted

Published | Video Starts at 01:50

And I think we can probably reach some solution that fits this space. I have to say, The power that we enjoy here in Congress, if that's the right word for it, the responsibility for carving out exceptions to antitrust law and for providing preemptions is enormous and once granted, hard to reel back in. And therefore, I look forward to the conversations that we've been. We've been having and look forward to next week. But this, today is a very, very important day, I think, for both the haves and the have nots. (01:50–02:07)

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Asserts that Congress has significant power in creating exceptions to antitrust law and providing preemptions.

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