On the recordJanuary 29, 2025
it is a somber night as we pray for safety and recovery and thank the first responders and we wrap up for the evening. We will be back tomorrow and as long as it takes to reverse this Federal funding freeze. Today was a good day. It was a small victory for the reversal of this illegal act. But I think the most important thing for everybody to remember on both sides of the aisle is that nobody is unconstrained by the law. We have three separate and coequal branches of government, and I think people on both sides of the aisle consider this President sort of unusually not constrained by political outcry or legal constraints. I think the most important thing for all of us to remember is that the laws of gravity apply to all of us, and the laws of the land apply to all of us. So if you are on the left and you are worried about what is going to happen, it is important to know public outcry works; the law still stands; the Constitution still stands. If you are on the right, you should also remember that the door swings both ways in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. You probably want to be careful about how much power you delegate away from the Congress to the Chief Executive of the United States. So we will be continuing to talk about this. This is not a 1-day thing. This is not a 1-week thing. This is not a 1-month thing. We are in this for the long haul. I yield the floor. ____________________
