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John Thune: “There is, under the law, a requirement that Congress review…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Bret Baier on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 01:56

And you're hearing that a lot from lawmakers building behind us. Right. And I think that's the, that's the hard question that's got to get asked. And so there will be. There is, under the law, a requirement that Congress review any sort of agreement. It doesn't require that we vote on it. But I, I do believe there are going to be some hard questions that get asked, and a lot of it will revolve around what are the financial incentives here and what are they conditioned upon. (01:56–02:03)

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Asserts that Congress is required to review agreements but not necessarily vote on them.

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