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Mike Lee: “The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937 delegated power to…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 25th

Published | Video Starts at 52:13

But ever since 1937, we've also kind of just been delegating it out to other people. And that's what Congress did with The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1937 delegated power to the Secretary of Agriculture to establish production quotas. for a whole host of agricultural products. Why? Well, because we can't have farmers deciding how much wheat or hay or rice or beef to raise. (52:13–52:23)

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Asserts that the Act delegated authority to set agricultural production quotas to the Secretary of Agriculture.

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