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Mark Warner: “The Trump administration is going against what Congress…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Senator Mark Warner Discusses Integrity and Security Clearance Determinations Act and Federal Workforce Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 08:55

And then on the federal workforce, you know, the real, in many ways the real challenge, wherever hits the road will be next week when a bill that's already passed the House, the so called rescissions where The Trump administration is going against what Congress appropriated in terms of things like foreign aid and also things like NPR and Corporation for Public Broadcasting. If the president can just arbitrarily take that money back, if my Republican friends don't stand up for that, then I don't know when they'll stand up for taking back Article 1 legislative power. (08:55–09:02)

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Asserts that the Trump administration is rescinding funds appropriated by Congress for foreign aid, NPR, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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