[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16195]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE OVERREACH

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to illegal immigration, 
President Obama has long said that he has no legal authority to extend 
executive amnesty. Now, I don't say this very often, but you know what? 
I agree with him.
  His job as President is to enforce the laws that Congress has passed, 
but now, President Obama seems to have forgotten that he is not a king. 
President Obama's plan to extend executive amnesty to millions of 
illegal immigrants is an unacceptable abuse of power that goes against 
the will of the American people. As the President said himself, 
``That's not how our democracy works. That's not how our Constitution 
is written.''
  President Obama should abandon this planned executive overreach and 
work with Congress to secure our borders and strengthen enforcement of 
the existing immigration laws.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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