Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Texas for pulling this together and for yielding. I recognize the admonishment from the Speaker. I don't think, though, that we are constrained from raising objection when the President of the United States willfully violates his oath of office. It is not a personality issue; it is a constitutional issue. I would direct, Mr. Speaker, the attention to article II, section 3, in the United States Constitution that says that the President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. I have pointed out to folks of less education than anybody in this room that that doesn't mean you execute the law in a fashion you give it the death penalty. What it really means instead is that you carry it out, you enforce the law. I know that the President has taken an oath to do that, and he understands it. He gave a speech at a high school here in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2011. When they asked him: Why don't you enact the DREAM Act by executive order, he said: I know you want me to do that, but I don't have the constitutional authority to do that. You've been studying the Constitution in high school and you know this: that the legislature, that's Congress, passes the laws; the President's job in the executive branch is to enforce the laws, and the judicial branch is to interpret the laws.…”