Wicker, Culberson Introduce "Restoring the 10th Amendment Act'

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U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and U.S. Representative John Culberson, R-Texas, today have introduced the "Restoring the 10th Amendment Act." The measure would enable states to challenge federal regulations and executive orders before they go into effect. The bill ensures that designated state officials have the ability to challenge federal regulations in court when regulations infringe on state authority in violation of the 10th Amendment.

"I have serious concerns about how the Obama Administration's oversteps are impacting Americans' personal lives and state authority," said Wicker, who has championed this bill in every Congress since 2010. "There is an urgent need for constitutional checks and balances on executive power, and this bill offers states and the American people an important tool to challenge federal overreach, from unlawful actions on immigration to extreme environmental rules."

"President Obama pledged to use a "phone and pen' to push through his liberal agenda against the will of the people, and thanks to his unconstitutional executive actions, there is very little left in our personal lives or in the realm of original state authority that the federal government does not control," said Culberson. "From illegal amnesty, to Obamacare, to the IRS scandals -- no President has shown greater disregard for individual liberty and states' rights. This bill will do more to limit the size, power, and cost of the federal government than anything else Congress could do."

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