Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding and leading this. Mr. Speaker, I despise ObamaCare--just about everybody in America knows that. I think it should be ripped out by the roots. A minority of the Supreme Court, the clear-thinking constitutionalists, though, agree with me. The gentleman from California says, however, ObamaCare is the law of the land. All right, I'm going to agree with that for this argument-- the law of the land. The law of the land is the Constitution. It's the supreme law of the land, and article II, section 3 says the President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Well, the President of the United States has decided he's going to write his own law and waive the language that's clear statute in the bill that carries his name, ObamaCare, and his signature. It's appalling to me that the President could have such contempt for the Constitution and that this Congress would seek to conform to the President's whim. We needed to bring, first, Scott Garrett's resolution that declares and rejects this idea, this unconstitutional act of legislating from the executive branch of government. And I would point out the height of audacity, Mr. Speaker, is the President's veto threat for us to be conforming with his unconstitutional act. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 2667--Authority for Mandate Delay Act (Rep. Griffin, R-Ark., and 26 cosponsors) H.R. 2668--Fairness for American Families Act (Rep.…”