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Diana DeGette: “Congress, under Article 1 of the Constitution, has the…”

Featuring: Diana DeGette, Democratic | U.S. House, Colorado, District 1

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette Discusses Impact of HHS Layoffs and Medicaid Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 02:36

It's also illegal. And this is what my colleague Jake Ochinklaas was just trying to say in the previous panel. Congress, under Article 1 of the Constitution, has the ability to authorize these agencies. And when we heard about this last Thursday, I'm a lawyer by training and I thought to myself, this is illegal. And the reason. And so I went home because I'm a nerd. (02:36–02:46)

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Asserts that Congress has constitutional authority to authorize federal agencies.

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