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John Thune: “These are authorities that Congress has given them [the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:59

And that's where right now a lot of these things are being litigated, some of these steps that he's taken and frankly on the tariff issue, These are authorities that Congress has given them [the president] in the past by statute and now they're being litigated in the courts. And so that's the system that we have. We will figure it out. But I can assure you we're going to do our job, which is what we're trying to … (16:59–17:06)

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Asserts that Congress has given the president certain authorities by statute, which are now being litigated.

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