Political Quotes

“we are here at this moment to defend the Constitution, and the constitution of any nation is incredibly important in creating the vision of the checks and balances between the judiciary and the executive and the Congress. But what really matters is whether the elected representatives actually honor the Constitution. Do they follow the words and the vision laid out? You know, it is article I, section 8 that delineates powers, and in the course of it, there are three megapowers assigned to Congress. And one of those is the power of the purse: design programs, authorize them, fund them. It is a President's job to execute. The second is the power of taxation, including the power of tariffs. In fact, the first bill ever debated by the Senate was a tariff bill--3 weeks spent figuring out how they could reach agreement on what the tariff would be on a keg of nails or a barrel of molasses. And the third, perhaps the most consequential, is the power of war. You know, it is just three words delineated--``The Congress shall have [the] power,'' and it lays out these responsibilities, and then it says: ``To declare War.'' Three words: ``To declare War.'' Now, if anyone thinks those were just some kind of bureaucratic phrase, you are mistaken.…”