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Derrick Van Orden: “Congress is lazy. My predecessors abdicated the…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden Speaks in Support of Wisconsin's Farmers at T&I Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

And they're going to tell you how to your, how your farmers, how to run their business. That's a non starter. So here's part of the problem. Congress is lazy. Congress is lazy. My predecessors abdicated the responsibilities to the executive branch. so they could keep getting elected and come up here and have these very super important meetings. That's what happened. Well, guess what happened? Chevron happened. (02:05–02:13)

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Asserts that Congress has been lazy and has shifted responsibilities to the executive branch.

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