Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Chairman, the ENFORCE Act, like so many other bills that we have considered this Congress, is truly a solution in search of a problem. It was made clear during the two full committee oversight hearings that we held on the Constitution's Take Care Clause, the President, in fact, fully met his obligation to faithfully execute the laws. So let us acknowledge what this legislation is really about. It is simply yet another attempt by the majority to prevent the President of the United States from implementing duly enacted legislative initiatives that they oppose. Allowing the flexibility and the implementation of a new program, even where the statute mandates a specific deadline, is neither unusual nor a constitutional violation. It is the reality of administering sometimes complex programs and is part and parcel of the President's duty to ``take care'' that he ``faithfully'' execute laws. This has been especially true with respect to the Affordable Care Act. The President's decision to extend certain compliance dates to help phase-in the act is not a novel tactic. And even though not a single court has ever concluded that reasonable delay in implementing a complex law constitutes a violation of the Take Care Clause, the majority insists that there is a constitutional crisis. Additionally, the exercise of enforcement discussion is a traditional power of the Executive.…”