On the recordMarch 17, 2016
I will say this, Mr. Speaker. In conclusion, in the oath of citizenship that we require new citizens to take--and I am sure the Speaker already knows this, and perhaps some of my colleagues on the other side may know this as well--but in that oath, it references the law five separate times, five separate references to this thing we call the law--in the very oath that we want new citizens to take, five times in a single paragraph. Mr. Speaker, good luck explaining why new citizens should follow the law when those in power do not have to. Good luck explaining the difference between anarchy and the wholesale failure to enforce the law simply because you do not like it. Good luck stopping the next President from ignoring a law that he or she does not like. If the President can pick and choose which laws he likes, then so can the rest of us, and you have undermined the very thing that binds us together. So be careful what you do today. Tomorrow is coming. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to address their remarks to the Chair.
