My legislation would be much more targeted, it goes directly at the authority that may exist today for the president to declare a national emergency, and then go after the money that Congress has already authorized and appropriated for civil works across the United States.
John Garamendi discusses his proposed legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to declare a national emergency.
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