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Ed Case: “We simply have not had significant checks and balances on…”

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 28:14

I don't believe that anybody checks their constitutional obligations and becomes a shadow part of the executive branch, even if they do support a particular president. And yet We simply have not had significant checks and balances on this president by many of my Republican colleagues in Congress. collectively or even individually. And many of these people are my friends, my colleagues that I work with where I can. But that is a big challenge. (28:14–28:24)

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Asserts that Republican colleagues in Congress have not provided significant checks and balances on the President.

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