Pete Sessions: “There is a lot of good debate here today. The facts of the case are real simple. The Supreme Court of the United States…”

“There is a lot of good debate here today. The facts of the case are real simple. The Supreme Court of the United States will be deciding this. {time} 0945 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court of the Southern District of Texas have let their answer be known, and that is they believe that the President is wrong. But we have a process to follow, and the good part is it is not whether something House Republicans are doing is trying to delay or to stop something that might be a decisionmaking that has been made by someone else. We are simply trying to support an action that was asked as a result by the Supreme Court: Do we have an opinion about this issue? And it is thus that we are asking the House of Representatives to come together today to hear the facts of this issue and to then render a decision. That, to me, Mr. Speaker, is normal and regular, and our Speaker, Paul Ryan, is most meticulous in looking at this issue. His advice and judgment comes from the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from Virginia, Bob Goodlatte. Both of these gentlemen are not only well balanced, but really doing what is being asked of them by the third branch of government, which is the judiciary. The judiciary has asked the House of Representatives and parties to this suit if they would please discuss this issue.…”