[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4356]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY

  (Mr. MESSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, a headline in today's Roll Call reads:
  White House, Democrats cry foul over GOP push to enforce immigration 
and other laws.
  Really? The Constitution is clear about how our government is 
supposed to work. Congress makes the laws; the President enforces them. 
President Obama should know that, since he used to lecture about 
constitutional law.
  The President isn't the first to stretch the bounds of executive 
authority, but the proper constitutional limits on the President's 
power are long in this administration's rearview mirror. He has 
disregarded laws that he disagrees with, even when they are his own.
  The American people are demanding respect for the rule of law. They 
want our system of checks and balances restored so that their 
government reflects the will of all, not just one. That is why we 
passed the ENFORCE the Law Act yesterday, and that is why we will 
continue to demand the President do his job, not ours.

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