mr. nugent: mr. speaker, you need to go back. hen i first took the oath as a police officer in chicago and then a sheriff in florida and then here in this body and also when i joined the military, it was to support and defend the constitution. not to ignore the constitution. not to utilize it when we think it's ok or when it's necessary, not to just skip over article 1 and say, you know what, forget about it, because our congresses have done that. and my good friend from massachusetts pointed that out. they have done it for over 30 years. that doesn't make it right. at some point in time we got to set the record straight. somebody's got to step up and say, you know what, the constitution matters. what we do here matters. and that all of us, the three branches of government, need to work and the co-equal, not one -- and they are co-equal, not one above the other. you know, mr. speaker, right now i have the opportunity to yield two minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. duncan. we appreciate

mr. nugent: mr. speaker, i say again is that as relates to these bills there was discussion in the hearing and testimony taken to the concept and ideas behind these bills. mr. speaker, we hear about this is partisan. it doesn't say president barack obama. this says the president. that matters -- doesn't matter if it's republican or democrat, mr. speaker. it says the president. it has nothing to do specifically with president obama, but it has everything to do with protecting the constitution. mr. speaker, i'm going to reserve the balance of my time. i'm prepared to close if he doesn't have -- once you're ready. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, the gentleman says that this has nothing to do with president obama. the committee report only cites president obama. in terms of this issue. and their political document, the memorandum that came from eric cantor to the house republicans, talks about the imperial presidency, and says president obama has prov

mr. nugent for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the panel for being here. specifically want to thank general welch. want to go back a little bit. one of the cadets was david parallel. he ultimately had to leave the academy and then win in that his air force through rotc. f-15 strike eagle pilot today. i will tell you from his parents and from me because i remembered issues the dividend paid in you were a strong supporter in personally talking them to be night think that really goes back to your integrity as a father, as a leader who of the students and cadets. and having two sons that went to a different service academy that kind to say that kill army the air force, but it was something like that. my question is to secretary james. as referenced, and non-lethal weapon that the air force developed, they have done an extremely capable job of doing that. the air force would like to apply that. they're looking at a reusable air frame to the ploy. that's pushing it up to 2025. you have the ability today to use a current air frame that is not reusable but is cert

mr. nugent: the bill gives the house the opportunity to debate a variety of this amendments all offered by member on the other side of the aisle. both the enforce the law act and faithful execution of the law act, aim to halt an imperial presidency. of the hful execution law act requires transparency when the executive branch enforces nonenforcement of federal laws. it must be submitted to congress when it is not enforced on the fwrounds it is not constitutional. this would include any instance in which not enforcing federal law is established regardless of the reason. for the self-proclaimed most transparent administration in history this shouldn't be a problem. the other piece of the legislation, the enforce the law act, puts procedures in place to allow authorizations of lawsuits against the president for failure to faithfully execute the laws. it would also expedite the judicial review, which is badly needed given the length of time it takes for these types of cases to be heard, mostly they're never heard. the fact of the matter is we desperately need a way to ensure the executive bran

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