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Derrick Van Orden: “Having these people be able to write these massive checks…”

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

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Rep. Van Orden Calls for Accountability of VA Bureaucrats in VA Full Committee Oversight Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 02:46

And that's, that's where we're marching to the bureaucracy. The state of bureaucracy is what we're living in. We're not living in a democracy now. We're living in a bureaucracy. So Having these people be able to write these massive checks without us being able to say whether or not they can is not, in my opinion, constitutional. It's very disturbing to see this. So when these people say we're not sure what Congress intent is, I have told them directly to their face with my words. (02:46–02:58)

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Asserts that unelected officials writing large checks without congressional oversight is unconstitutional.

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