[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HOLDING ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER ACCOUNTABLE

  (Mr. GOSAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address Attorney General 
Holder's misinterpretation of federalism and his disregard for our 
system of checks and balances.
  The Supreme Court was clear in Shelby v. Holder that States have the 
ability to run fair elections. Did anybody tell Attorney General 
Holder?
  I can't say it better than Texas Governor Rick Perry, whose efforts 
to implement commonsense election standards are under attack from Mr. 
Holder:

       Once again, the Obama administration is demonstrating utter 
     contempt for our country's system of checks and balances, not 
     to mention the U.S. Constitution.

  If Holder continues to go unchecked and if he is not held 
accountable, what sort of precedent does that set? As Supreme Court 
Justice Brandeis said:

       In a government of laws, the existence of the government 
     will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law 
     scrupulously. If government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds 
     contempt for law: it invites every man to become a law unto 
     himself. It invites anarchy.

  So I ask you, has the Attorney General invited anarchy? I will 
continue to make my case here in the people's House at the people's 
pulpit.
  I will be back.

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