Jim Gerlach: “The overuse and abuse of medication is rampant at our Thoroughbred racetracks and training centers.”

I am really stunned, too, by the lack of responsiveness by CMS on this issue over the years.

The President, through his actions on the ACA, as well as other areas of executive action, is fundamentally altering the delicate constitutional balance among the 3 branches of our Federal system.

The Supreme Court in Raines v. Byrd made it clear that if Members want to assert an institutional injury, the executive's act must effectively nullify a prior act of Congress.

Explicit authorization for litigation is critically important because what it does is it signals to the Court that the institution as an institution believes it has been injured.