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Ron Johnson: “Prior Congresses have willingly given up an awful lot of…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Interview with Senator Ron Johnson on Tariffs and Wisconsin's Economic Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 07:19

I just wanted to get your reaction to that bill. Do you support it? Well, again, in general, what I was saying is that Prior Congresses have willingly given up an awful lot of their constitutional authority to the executive branch. We haven't done anything specifically for President Trump. He's just coming into office with all that authority. Whether we can claw that back, whether we should claw that back, that's open for discussion. (07:19–07:26)

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