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Constitutional Checks and Balances

Floor Speech

Date: July 23, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health Insurance

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, the House is considering a lawsuit to stop the President from unilaterally rewriting the ObamaCare statute. Some have criticized the lawsuit by saying that if House Republicans are opposed to the ObamaCare individual mandate, why are they suing President Obama for delaying that mandate?

The Constitution requires that if the President wants to change a law, he must come to Congress to ask for a change. He did not do that in this case, even though House Republicans agreed with the underlying change. The case is about following constitutional process.

Another objection is that President Obama has not issued as many executive orders as other Presidents, but the issue is not the number of executive orders, but the impact of the executive orders.

This lawsuit is about constitutional governance, not politics. We must maintain the checks and balances established by the Constitution.


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