If a problem, however dire, has been around for years and years and years, Congress has had a chance to legislate on that problem; and if Congress has decided that it is better not to legislate on that problem, then it is not appropriate for the President to sort of take over through emergency powers.
Perry argues against using emergency powers for longstanding issues.
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