[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 37 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TERMINATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE PRESIDENT ON FEBRUARY 
                                15, 2019

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                               speech of

                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 26, 2019

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to praise this House for its swift 
passage of H.J. Res 46, a bipartisan bill to terminate President 
Trump's declaration of a Fake National Emergency.
  The President's declaration is not only an unconstitutional attempt 
to circumvent Congress and the will of the people. It also shows an 
unprecedented disregard for precedent, as well as the values and 
institutions enshrined in our Constitution.
  To pay for his wall, President Trump will not get the funds from 
Mexico as he promised but from our troops, robbing $3.5 billion from 
the Department of Defense, funds which were passed to improve military 
family housing, training facilities, security of overseas bases, and 
much more.
  Just in Ohio, over $90 million in military construction investment is 
being placed at risk, including $61,000,000 for Wright-Patterson Air 
Force Base's Intelligence Production Complex and $7,400,000 for Camp 
Ravenna's Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range.
  Mr. Speaker, this declaration was not founded in the security of our 
nation, but in delivering on an ill-advised campaign promise. We cannot 
allow the President to ask those who have sacrificed already to 
sacrifice even more--especially for an expensive border wall few think 
will even work. Now, it's on the Senate to take up and pass this 
resolution without delay.

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