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Ed Case: “Congress authorizes programs, sets the conditions for those…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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@RepEdCase testifies at Hawai'i Senate hearing on Trump admin threat to rule of law

Published | Video Starts at 40:09

So I just want to see what your thoughts on that dynamic are. Yeah, so the way the process is supposed to work is that Congress authorizes programs, sets the conditions for those programs, locks it into law with the President's signature. These are the laws of our country, the laws that govern our programs and say what we're doing and why, then what happens is that my appropriations Committee, which has … (40:09–40:20)

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