Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise to support the amendment. When, in March, the Justice Department broke with the principle that its core mission should be to defend, not sabotage, the law of the land, it went too far. The White House is entitled to push its own policy position on healthcare--it has made no secret of its hostility to the Affordable Care Act, despite never offering an alternative of any kind--but it cannot pick and choose which laws to support. My friends across the aisle criticized the Obama administration for its use of prosecutorial discretion. In this case, the Department is not just neglecting to defend the law, it is using appropriated funds to directly attack it. This amendment will, hopefully, stop that, and that is why I strongly support it.”