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Tammy Baldwin: “The Trump administration is saying those laws and the agreements we made when negotiating them don't matter.”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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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. And he is saying the investments we made into the American people don't matter. That is going to make negotiating future appropriation bills significantly harder. (00:34–00:43)

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Asserts that the Trump administration is disregarding negotiated laws and agreements.

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