Political Quotes

“Madam President, in support of the argument outlined in that headline, the News-Miner's editorial board wrote the following: Encroachment by one branch on another and the consolidating of power in one branch worried some of the Founders as they crafted our system of independent yet interlocking government branches. The Federalist Papers . . . contain references to that concern. The editorial board goes on to refer to Federalist No. 51, which reads: The great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of others. . . . Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. When you translate that into just plain old English, it basically means Congress is a coequal branch of government, and, as such, Congress should stand up for itself. That really is the reason--the root--of why I have announced my support for this resolution of disapproval. I think it is fair to say that we all have disagreements around here about all sorts of things that are part of the appropriations process, and, certainly, the issue of border funding or just border security is no exception. Even if the fiscal year 2019 appropriations process had run smoothly, which it certainly did not, think about how we got to where we are right now. The President submitted his budget last year.…”