[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            THE ENFORCE ACT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Missouri (Mrs. Wagner) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the ENFORCE Act.
  When crafting the timeless document that is our Constitution, the 
Founding Fathers emphasized the need to prevent the emergence of an 
imperial monarch. In their wisdom, they gave Congress the power to make 
laws and tasked the President with the responsibility to enforce those 
laws--not just the laws he agrees with or the laws that are politically 
convenient, but every law.
  Mr. Speaker, President Obama has not lived up to this responsibility. 
By picking and choosing which laws are worthy of enforcement, this 
administration is undermining the very foundation of our representative 
democracy.
  The ENFORCE Act seeks to restore the balance of powers that the 
Framers of our Constitution envisioned. The Constitution grants 
Congress--not the President--the power to make the laws. Mr. Speaker, 
this is why I support the ENFORCE Act, to provide Congress with the 
ability to push back against the Obama administration's executive 
overreach.

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