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John Hickenlooper: “Each person that I voted for on, under oath said that they…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Interview with Senator John Hickenlooper on Trump's Policies and Democratic Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 09:43

… they're going to do, and they're going to make demands on that person nominated to run that agency, and that person's not going to have a lot of choice. Now, Each person that I voted for on, under oath said that they would obey the law, and that means that appropriate money, they would not, they would not rescind it because, again, that's against the Constitution. The ability to appropriate money, make tariffs, create trade agreements, that is, is given to Congress specifically in the Constitution. (09:43–09:58)

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Asserts that nominees committed under oath to not rescind appropriated money.

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