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Mike Lee: “The Congress of the United States is the most powerful…”

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 25:23

And yet that power and the power of the courts is still ancillary to, is still less than the power vested in this branch of government where we work, the Executive branch of the US Government, The Congress of the United States is the most powerful branch and the most dangerous branch. How do we know it's the most powerful? We know it's the most powerful because we make the law. The other two branches perform ancillary functions to the lawmaking. (25:23–25:41)

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Asserts that Congress is the most powerful and dangerous branch of the U.S. government.

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