Tammy Baldwin: “Congress overwhelmingly passed bipartisan appropriations bills and the President signed them into law.”

“Senator from Wisconsin. I rise today because for a second year in a row, the President is trying to illegally steal money from the people I work for. Eight months ago, Congress overwhelmingly passed bipartisan appropriations bills and the President signed them into law. Democrats negotiated those bills in good faith with this pocket rescission. The Trump administration is saying those laws and the agreements we made when negotiating them don't matter.” (00:19–00:28)

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