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Mike Rounds: “The Senate is designed to either offer advice or consent.”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

Interview with Senator Mike Rounds on Presidential Nominee Decisions and Education Department Legislation

Published November 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 00:19

I'm curious what you make of these developments. A lot of your colleagues are relieved. Are you? As we've told other folks, look, this process works. And in this particular case, The Senate is designed to either offer advice or consent. And I think the President made the right decision in this particular case. And his reason for that, I don't know for sure, but most certainly it could have been … (00:19–00:26)

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Asserts the Senate's role in offering advice or consent.

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