[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16001]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         A QUESTION OF FAIRNESS

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, President Obama is expected to sign 
executive orders soon regarding illegal immigration. In July 2011, he 
said, ``I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the 
laws on my own, but that's not how our system works. That's not how our 
democracy functions.''
  A year ago, President Obama said, ``If, in fact, I could solve all 
these problems without passing laws in Congress, then I would do so. 
But we are also a nation of laws. That's part of our tradition. And 
what I'm proposing,'' he said then, ``is the harder path, which is to 
use our democratic processes to achieve the same goal.''
  President Obama should reflect on his own words. He should follow the 
democratic process, as reflected in the recent election. A bedrock 
principle of our Nation is the rule of law. That principle promotes 
stability and fairness.
  Will the President's actions promote stability or even more chaos? 
Will it be fair to American workers and immigrants who have done things 
the legal way?
  Any immigration reform, Mr. Speaker, must be fair and must respect 
the rule of law.

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