Subject: Re: Hey Dope!
Do you really think he cares about that?

Yes. Else Hegseth wouldn't have bothered.

I don't think he cares whether he complies with the law. But he really doesn't like other Republicans balking him. And some of them care about the law. So he would vastly prefer not to have pointed examples of folks out there disobeying his commands and either: i) getting away with it); or ii) getting punished by him and them just becoming an outright opponent. So other things being equal, he'd rather not put Susan Collins in a box where she has to choose between the WPA and Trump. A fig leaf excuse is better than just flatly ignoring. it.