Alex Mooney: “I thank my colleagues, Congressman Jim Jordan and Congressman Barry Loudermilk, for arranging this special session…”

“I thank my colleagues, Congressman Jim Jordan and Congressman Barry Loudermilk, for arranging this special session tonight to address a critical issue looming before our Nation. Senator Harry Reid and the President are currently risking the full funding of our national security to protect the President's unilateral and unconstitutional executive action on amnesty. On 22 occasions, President Obama himself said he did not have the authority to grant executive amnesty before flipping and denying the will of the American people and taking unilateral action anyway. This attitude follows a pattern of unilateral action, executive action, including the President's war on coal, and it must be stopped. Now, Senator Reid and his allies continue to block any consideration of the bill passed by the House to fund the Department of Homeland Security. This obstruction is intended to protect the President's unconstitutional executive amnesty. Sadly, no one is surprised that this President would use this unlawful, unilateral action to pursue his own radical agenda. But now Senator Reid and the President are edging closer to putting the American people in danger to protect that agenda. The Constitution clearly gives the power of the purse to the United States House of Representatives--this Chamber right here. And the American people said clearly last year that they expect us to use our authority over spending to keep government operating in a responsible manner.…”