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The ENFORCE Act

Floor Speech

Date: March 12, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch

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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