Tom Udall: “thank you for the recognition. The Constitution demands that ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in…”

“thank you for the recognition. The Constitution demands that ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.'' Like any other matter, it is Congress's power and responsibility to determine how much taxpayer money is spent on the President's request for a border wall. Like most Presidents, he didn't get every dollar he wanted. Now the President, through a sham national emergency declaration, is taking $3.6 billion of funds we appropriated for military construction projects to pay for his wall. The real question is not whether the President is usurping our article I power to appropriate; he is, no doubt about it. The real question is, Will we do something about it? Today I urge all my colleagues to vote in favor of our resolution terminating the President's national emergency declaration. Madam President, starting off the debate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the following materials: a joint declaration from former national security officials outlining why the President's border emergency does not qualify under the National Emergencies Act and a September 18, 2019, Washington Post article outlining the dire outcomes warned by the Pentagon if the military construction projects don't go forward. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Joint Declaration of Former United States Government Officials We, the undersigned, declare as follows: 1.…”