Steny Hoyer: “I believe these proposals do exactly the opposite of what we…”

“I've been here. He said that on September 14, 2023, he believes partially he was removed from for facilitating agreement between the two parties rather than a partisan shutdown and confrontation. I believe these proposals do exactly the opposite of what we need to do in the sense I think they weaken greatly the Congress and strengthen even more than has happened to date the presidency. making the executive extraordinarily powerful and the Congress much weaker. Essentially it makes the Appropriations Committee irrelevant and powerless to carry out the Founders intent to give paramount and exclusive authority to the Congress for the spending of taxpayer money.” (02:21–02:36)

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