Political Quotes

Jamie Raskin: “America is in a bit of a struggle right now over whether the job of the executive branch is to faithfully implement the…”

On the recordMay 21, 2024
America is in a bit of a struggle right now over whether the job of the executive branch is to faithfully implement the laws that have been adopted by the people's representatives or whether it is to serve the personal whims and the political demands of the President.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin discusses the conflict between executive power and congressional authority.

Share

More from Jamie Raskin

Sep 25, 2026

Amidst an alarming increase in antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of toxic hate, Team Maryland is surging more than $8.6 million in federal Nonprofit Security Grants to protect our people.

vanhollen.senate.gov
Sep 6, 2026

The Trump family has turned the entire executive branch into a money-making enterprise, so there’s more than enough corruption and lawlessness to keep Democrats across the House busy for years.

foxnews.com
Sep 27, 2026

We need to zero in quickly on the forms of systemic corruption that have cost the public huge amounts of money, and where there are legislative cures available.

abcnews.com
Sep 25, 2026

Yesterday’s consultation reinforces our sense that the Administration has turned America’s traditional refugee program into a whites-only airplane ride for South African Afrikaners into Trump’s America.

durbin.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation