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Mike Lee: “The Constitution delineates the relative responsibilities of…”

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

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Mike Lee Delivers Emphatic Defense Of The SAVE America Act In Senate Floor Speech

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

Therefore, I don't call it states rights, it's state authority. This, Mr. President emphatically does not trample on state authority. How do we know that? Well, because The Constitution delineates the relative responsibilities of the states and the federal government. And in one particularly poignant and relevant provision, Article 1, Section 4, the Elections Clause of that provision states that Congress may at any time by law make or alter … (05:03–05:10)

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Asserts that the Constitution outlines the responsibilities of states and the federal government.

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