Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. It carves out rules pertaining to critical matters of national security. As we know, with President Obama, President-elect Trump, and any other President, they have huge powers of executive authority when it comes to national security. So to exclude something under the guise that it would be national security would inherently undermine the intent of the rule. I always find it interesting that people internalize and personalize something. In this case, there is nothing better that this President could do for the American people--and perhaps for regulations that he would oppose in the future--than to sign this legislation. The fact is President Obama likely objects to many of the regulations that would come out of the new Trump administration. There is no better time than now to reassert or allow to be reasserted the power of a Congress, a Congress that might very well reject President-elect Trump's legislation or regulations in the future. So the reality is, although the gentlewoman from Texas would have you believe that this was a personal attack on our President, it is not an attack on our President. It is not an attack on our next President. It is, in fact, a law that would allow Congress to reassert, in an efficient way, the authority which is constitutionally, inherently, and always ours.…”