[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, the President has taken the oath of office 
two times. Twice he has sworn to faithfully execute the laws. Twice he 
has sworn to protect and defend the Constitution. Yet he has 
unilaterally delayed the employer mandate of his own health care law 
twice. On topic after topic, this President has violated the law 
through overreaching executive action, often not even bothering to 
issue an executive order.
  Our former constitutional law professor-turned President should know 
that it is Congress' job to make the laws, and it is his job to carry 
them out, not make them up.
  That is why the House is asking the judicial branch to step in and 
referee this dispute. Champions of the President's choices today may 
regret when future Presidents are empowered to run roughshod over the 
people's representatives. Let's defend the Constitution and support the 
House lawsuit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
improper references toward the President.

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