On the recordSeptember 27, 2019
It is interesting that the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) would suggest that this President ripped this from Congress. We willingly gave it to him under section 2808. The gentleman knows all too well that if he didn't want the money going to the border, he could have done a limitation amendment when they passed the funding bill--not once, but twice. The same funding bill that the gentleman voted for, he could have put a limitation bill on it. This whole thing about the Constitution is actually about a section that has been exercised not just by President Trump, but by President Barack Obama. When President Barack Obama exercised it, there was not a peep from the other side, not a peep. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop), my colleague from the Ninth Congressional District.
