Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, article II, section 3 of the United States Constitution declares that the President ``shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.'' However, President Obama has failed on many occasions to enforce acts of Congress that he disagrees with for policy reasons and has stretched his regulatory authority to put in place policies that Congress has refused to enact. Although President Obama is not the first President to stretch his powers beyond their constitutional limits, Executive overreach has accelerated at an alarming rate under his administration. To help prevent Executive overreach and require greater disclosure when it occurs, the gentleman from Florida, Representative DeSantis, introduced H.R. 3973, the Faithful Execution of the Law Act. I want to thank Representative DeSantis for introducing this commonsense legislation to ensure that there is greater transparency and disclosure regarding the executive branch's enforcement of Federal law. The Justice Department is currently required by law to report to Congress whenever it decides to adopt a policy to refrain from enforcing a Federal law on the grounds that the law in question is unconstitutional.…”