A Quote by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

By Congress delegating its authority to the executive and judicial branches, we've removed the American people from the process. They're left as bystanders to the whims of executive overreach, and they're watching the country they know and love slip away. Worse, they think their representatives are powerless to stop it.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

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Cathy McMorris Rodgers
American - Politician
Born: May 22, 1969

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When the American people look at the political process play out, they hear all the spinning and all the doctrinaire language, and they still walk away with the belief that they're not being represented in Congress, that there's no trust in the executive branch.

David Gregory

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Ayelet Shaked

The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government.

Kapil Sibal

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Noam Chomsky

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Ben Sasse

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Tim Kaine

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Charles B. Rangel

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