[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1836-H1837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PACKING THE SUPREME COURT IS AN ABSURD PROPOSAL

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, the absurd proposal brought forth now to 
pack the U.S. Supreme Court out of thin air with four new Justices is 
the latest in a breathtaking effort to seize and seal power for 
Democrats. They know their policies frequently don't win at the ballot 
box or in fair elections, so they seek to stack a Court with a new set 
of Justices that they hope will hand them victories outside of the 
hallowed legislative process.
  Justice Breyer, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and even Joe 
Biden himself--who is quoted as saying packing the Court is a 
``bonehead idea''--all disagree, at least at one time, that packing the 
Court to simply grab a majority is wrong-headed and un-American.
  I am glad to enter into a constitutional amendment with 
Representative Dusty Johnson to ``Keep the 9'' and save our Supreme 
Court, to keep it above politics.
  This is one of the most blatant, naked power grabs we have seen, 
ever. If this effort is somehow successful and allowed to stand, then 
you will not recognize the America we know, once knew, as pure power 
politics will indeed have won over our process that the Founders put in 
place.

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