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Ed Case: “I have actively opposed this President when this President…”

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

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June 1st Districtwide Tele-Talk Story

Published | Video Starts at 48:22

And Article 1 refers to Article 1 of the Constitution, which in so many words says that the people govern themselves through Congress, people govern themselves through Congress. And so appropriations is one of those areas. And so I have actively opposed this President when this President has tried to stop the funding of monies that have already been appropriated by Congress, already signed into law. If you see my, my 246 page summary of my actions to oppose this President, many of those will be in this space. (48:22–48:35)

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Asserts that Ed Case has opposed the President's attempts to halt funding already appropriated by Congress.

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