What does it mean for the scope of Executive authority if national emergencies can be left open for long periods of time?
Congress has the power of the purse.
I think we need to be very cautious in having these discussions.
I want to shift the conversation just a little bit because of my role as chair of this Committee's Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spen...
This country is being governed in a State of perpetual emergency.
It self-defeats the Congress' Article I prerogative to decide when and where the Executive is supposed to have certain authorities.
Congress can provide, and it has done this in the past, that certain amount appropriated in funding bills will be withheld or reduced by 10 ...
A national emergency should be something akin to a war and unforeseen circumstances, a pandemic, an asteroid strike.
Thank you, Mr. Chair and Ranking Member Paul for holding this hearing.
I am concerned that bad actors take advantage of national emergencies to access funding intended for victims.
There have been abuses of emergency powers in the past, but the most egregious abuses... have been based on claims of inherent constitutiona...
Last month, I wrote a letter to President Biden.
I have talked to dentists in New Hampshire who are graying and want to retire, but they don't know who's going to follow in their practice.
