On the recordFebruary 4, 2015
I thank the Chair. Our friends in the House have been unequivocal: The Senate must pass the House bill. Speaker Boehner said, ``Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats must stand together with the American people and block the President's actions.'' =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S749, February 4, 2015, in the third column, the following language appears: . . . Senator Boehner said, ``Senate . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: . . . Speaker Boehner said, ``Senate . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers said the Senate, ``should pass the bill, which funds a very vital national security agency but also turns back this blanket amnesty which is illegal and unconstitutional.'' That is where we are. The House has sent over the right bill. It does the right thing. It defends the integrity of the Congress. It defends the wishes of the American people, it defends the policy decision of the Congress of the United States, and prohibits the President from doing what he himself said over 20 different times he did not have the power to do. Professor after professor and historians have said the President doesn't have the power to do it. If the President can do this, if he can execute laws Congress has rejected, what will he be able to do in the future? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
