[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. BYRNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, everywhere I go in my district, from the 
grocery store to town hall meetings, I hear the same thing over and 
over again. This President will not stay within the bounds of the 
Constitution of the United States or the laws passed by this body and 
the Senate, and it is time that we stand up to that.
  That is why I join in support with the proposal by the esteemed 
Speaker of this House, the gentleman from Ohio, that this House bring a 
lawsuit to bring the President back within bounds. I do so reluctantly. 
I wish we didn't have to do that.
  The President's response to this was to say: So sue me.
  So, Mr. President, we will sue you--not because we want to but 
because we have to defend the Constitution you won't abide by and we 
have to protect the rights of the people of this country that you 
continue to transgress.

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