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Peter Welch: “This is money that is owed because the contracting parties…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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President Trump is breaking the law, and the Supreme Court is letting him do it

Published | Video Starts at 00:30

Keep in mind, Justice Roberts did that on his own, and he overruled the lower court decisions. And by the way, this is not just freezing the money. This is money that is owed because the contracting parties had done the work. So it's like you showed up for work, you were there for your 40 hours, you put in your time, and then your employer says, you know what? (00:30–00:37)

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Asserts that the frozen foreign aid money is owed for completed work.

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