[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORTING FEDERAL JUDICIARY AND JUDGES

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of our Federal 
judiciary and the judges who work tirelessly to uphold and defend our 
democracy.
  The hypocrisy that we are seeing unfold among our colleagues across 
the aisle and in this administration is deeply concerning. The 
separation of powers is a cornerstone of our democracy. Each and every 
day Federal judges work as a check on the powers of both the 
legislative and executive branches, regardless of who is in charge. 
This is a good thing and something each and every one of us should be 
working to protect.
  Instead, our colleagues across the aisle are seeking to impeach 
Federal judges, calling for unprecedented changes to our judicial 
system, and trampling on the most basic and fundamental tenets of our 
Constitution. How much more hypocritical can they be?
  The Biden administration faced 133 multistate lawsuits from 
Republican attorneys general. Texas Attorney General Paxton alone filed 
over 100 lawsuits against the Biden administration. Republicans are now 
seeking to undermine and attack the same judiciary they used to take 
the Biden administration to court, and they are personally attacking 
judges whose decisions they disagree with.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone to stand against this reckless attack on 
our judiciary.

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