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Ed Case: “Congress passed and the President either signed them or his…”

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 52:47

But if you want, you know, some, some, some comments along those lines. Yes, back to my earlier comments. Congress passed and the President either signed them or his veto got overridden to create these Independent agencies to insulate them from politics. And in the case of the fcc, Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcast licenses in this country, the reason for the independence was because we didn't want a president coming … (52:47–52:59)

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Asserts that Congress and the President established independent agencies to insulate them from politics.

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