Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Floor Speech

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Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for letting me
speak on this motion.

As a past chairman of this Subcommittee on Homeland Security, I know
firsthand how important it is for the funding for Homeland Security to
go forward. The bottom line is the House has done its job.

Back in December, the House voted to fund the Federal Government for
the fiscal year. We kept the funding for the Department of Homeland
Security on a continuing resolution so that it would not lapse.

By doing so, we were making a promise to the American people, a
promise that once the Republicans had full control of the Senate, we
would work together as a Congress to ensure that the President's
unconstitutional and dangerous actions would not go unchecked.

Every President takes an oath under the Constitution that the laws of
this land will be upheld; however, the concern that we have now is the
President is directing Federal employees to take unlawful actions.

The House position on this bill provides proper funding. It defends
the President's unlawful actions. The House has voted, the Senate has
voted, and--as my colleague from Florida had said earlier--once that
happens when you don't agree, you go to conference, and that is how you
legislate.

I urge my fellow House Members to support the actions laid out by the
Speaker so that we can move forward with this so that we can go to
conference and act like true legislators in how the Founding Fathers in
their wisdom meant for this to move forward.

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