mr. marino: mr. speaker, i have been doing research over the couple days and in this administration alone has implemented over 75,000 pages of new regulation. just read some figures earlier on this morning that if we get rid of this ridiculous regulation -- i'm not saying all regulation. we do need oversight and regulation almost $1 trillion a year will be added to the economy, and almost a million people will be added to work on a yearly basis. this is just excellent stuff. i want to give you an example from my district, pennsylvania's 10th district, and i live in a little willage called cogian station outside of williamsport, home of little league world series baseball, that i live in the middle of five farms, i have been there for 15 years. and give you an example pursuant to the navigable waters act, the army corps of engineers and e.p.a. have said that if it rains and a puddle forms on the farm in an attempt for this administration to get more control over our lives, because of the navigable wat

mr. marino. >> i have a request, with the chairman skip me for a moment?i would be thrilled to go to the gentleman from ohio. >> for faster foley, a number -- professor foley, a number of my colleagues in the other side of the aisle are saying that republicans are holding the dhs funding bill hostage. we passed legislation last month that funds the department at the levels they wanted. in your opinion as a legal scholar, do you think we have held anything hostage? >> i think you are doing exactly what the constitution says you should do. the framers anticipated that you would vigorously defend your constitutional prerogative. >> we did include language in the legislation that said that we think what the president did last december was constitutional -- was unconstitutional. we put language in there that said, we don't think you can use taxpayer money that you shouldn't use. do you believe the president's actions last november were unconstitutional? >> i absolutely do. it is one thing to hold an appropriations measure hostage it is another thing to hold the

mr. marino of pennsylvania, mr. guthrie of kentucky, mr. cook of california, mr. kinzinger of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 10 u.s.c. 4355-a and the order of the house of january 6, 2015 of the following members on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states military academy. the clerk: mr. pompeo kansas, and mr. womack of arkansas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 10 u.s.c. 696 -a of the following members on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states naval academy. the clerk: mr. young of indiana and br rooney of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 14 u.s.c. 194 and the order of the house on january 6 2015, of the following member on the part of the house to the board of visitors to the united states coast forward academy. the clerk: mr. smith of nebraska. the speaker pro tempore: think chair announces' speaker's appointment pursuant to 10 u.s.c. 9355-a and the order of t

mr. legomsky: yes. rep. marino: the president's deferred action, as far as i see it, is simply saying, i'm not going to prosecute now, but i may down the road and i may not. wouldn't you agree that those who are here, that the president to defer deportation is violating the law? mr. legomsky: i think i answered your first question too quickly. as long as discretion is left to the individual officer, whether to initiate prosecution, that does seem to be legal. i understood your hypothetical to mean there was no discretion. in this case, there is. the secretary has told the officers that even if the threshold criteria are met, they are to exercise discretion. rep. marino: with all due respect, i'm not hearing that from the officers. what i'm hearing is a direct order to not detain these individuals. let them go. again, i'm going to go back to the issue of, on an individual basis, there is discretion. but the people that are here are here illegally, or the president would not have to issue an order saying to do for th