And by the way, in the case of tariffs as well, where I believe that Congress, because of the Constitution, has tariff authority, and decades ago, there was a delegation of emergency, national emergency, national security, security, emergency authority to a president that This has been an overreach on the part of President Trump to use tariffs for his own negotiating tools. for his own reasons. So there's a real abdication by Congress of its own authority. And one of the points that Booker made that I think is really essential, and I think both. (01:22–01:30)
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