Mike Collins: “On February 15, the President exercised his clear authority under a clear Federal statute, duly- enacted by Congress, to…”

“On February 15, the President exercised his clear authority under a clear Federal statute, duly- enacted by Congress, to use funds already appropriated by Congress for the purpose of securing our southern border. Mr. Speaker, I am glad about one thing today coming here. I am glad that, for many of the years I have been here, I came through the Rules Committee, and others, and talked about Article I authority. I am glad now to see that we have others who have now figured that Article I probably needs to be enforced. What is interesting is it is selective enforcement against a President they don't like, for a purpose they don't want, for a wall that they don't want to have because securing a border is not the top agenda for them. I get it if you don't like it. But argue with the law. The statute itself and the President's actions, in accordance with it, rest solidly within the separation of powers, and are certainly constitutional. If you are citing the Supreme Court case of Youngstown against the President's action today during this debate, then I suggest you haven't read the case. That reasoning of the Youngstown case only applies when the President is acting unilaterally and not pursuant to a duly-elected statute by Congress. Maybe the selective memory here is because the previous President actually did that when he instituted the DACA program under no things that he could have found to actually work on.…”