[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              IMMIGRATION

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, the President continues to claim 
that if Congress won't act on immigration issues, he will, but the 
House has acted and recently passed legislation to address the border 
crisis.
  The President still threatens to grant amnesty by executive order, 
but such actions run counter to his own statements about the illegality 
of enacting such immigration policies on his own.
  In 2011, the President stated:

       I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books. Now, I 
     know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the 
     immigration laws on my own. That is not how our Constitution 
     is written.

  He stated as recently as last fall that, ``If, in fact, I could solve 
all these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do 
so. But we're also a nation of laws.''
  The President should listen to his own words and abide by his oath of 
office and the Constitution.

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