Michele Bachmann: “I thank Mr. Goodlatte and Mrs. Blackburn who is responsible for this wonderful bill this evening, which I wholeheartedly…”

“I thank Mr. Goodlatte and Mrs. Blackburn who is responsible for this wonderful bill this evening, which I wholeheartedly support. This is why: last weekend, I think the Nation was stunned when our President said that he would unilaterally use his power--raw power--to effectively grant amnesty to 5 to 6 million foreign nationals here in the United States illegally. He said that he would do that with his power, and what happened this week is that this body came together and we decided to answer the President's unconstitutional call. So with this DACA bill, effectively, we will put forward the strongest possible legislative response that this body could put forward. We say in this bill that the President has no power, no authority administratively to grant permits which would effectively grant amnesty to 5 to 6 million foreign nationals illegally in the United States. In other words, Mr. Speaker, we will put a handcuff on one of the President's hands. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”