Political Quotes

“Let me make this point, and I will yield 15 seconds to the distinguished gentlelady from California. But I thank the gentleman from Virginia for his eloquence. Obviously, he is from the great State of Thomas Jefferson, and I certainly am from the great law school of Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia School of Law. But let me just say that what this bill intends to do, the power the bill purports to assign to Congress to sue the President over whether he has properly discharged his constitutional obligations to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, exceeds--he knows it exceeds any constitutional boundaries. He is challenging the President on decisions that they don't agree with that are political. They don't agree with deferred adjudication. They don't agree with the DREAM Act youngsters. They don't agree that we should move forward on immigration reform. They are challenging him on his right to exert his power. I yield 15 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).”