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Scott Perry: “We can't force them to enforce the laws that we passed.”

Featuring: Scott Perry, Republican | U.S. House, Pennsylvania, District 10

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Rep. Scott Perry on Biden Border Crisis and Gov't Overreach

Published | Video Starts at 07:20

Lakin those are the things that we are focused on and trying to find some solutions that from a legislative perspective, we're not the chief executive. We're not in the executive branch. So we can't enforce these things and We can't force them to enforce the laws that we passed. But what we can do is fail or refuse to fund this lawlessness. Unfortunately, with a slim majority, it requires every single Republican because remember, many of these things are happening because the left wants them to happen. (07:20–07:24)

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Asserts that the legislative branch cannot enforce laws.

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