at that hearing, a member of the committee, mr. gowdy, stated that ms. lerner had waived her right to invoke the fifth amendment because she had given voluntary statement professing her innocence. i temporarily excused ms. lerner from the hearing and subsequently recessed the hearing to consider whether ms. lerner had in fact waived her fifth amendment rights. meanwhile, the committee's investigation proceeded without ms. lerner's testimony. to date we have conducted 33 bipartisan transcribed interviews of witnesses from the i.r.s. we have heard witnesses' testimony during five committee and subcommittee hearings. because the i.r.s. is not full -- has not fully cooperated with the committee's investigation, i have issued three subpoenas for documents. the i.r.s. continues to withhold some of ms. lerner's emails from the committee. documents and testimony show that ms. lerner is uniquely positioned to provide testimony that will help the committee better understand how and why the i.r.s. targeted conservative groups. at a business meeting on june 28, 2013

mr. gowdy, a member of the judiciary committee. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. gowdy: thank you, mr. speaker. i also want to thank chairman goodlatte for his leadership on this bill and a host of others on the judiciary committee. mr. speaker, i want to have a pop quiz. that may seem unfair to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, but i would give them a hint, the answer to every one of the questions is the same. i'm going to read a quote and then you tell me who said it. these last few years we have seen an unacceptable abuse of power. having a president whose priority is expanding his own power. any guess on who said that, mr. speaker? it was senator barack obama. here's another one, no law can give congress a backbone if it refuses to stand up as a co-equal branch, the constitution made it. senator barack obama. what do we do with a president who can basically change what congress passed by attaching a letter saying i don't agree with this part or tha

at that hearing a member of the committee, mr. gowdy, stated that ms. lerner had waived her right to invoke the fifth amendment because she had given voluntary statement professing her innocence. i temporarily excused ms. lerner from the hearing and subsequently recessed the hearing to consider whether ms. lerner had in fact waived her fifth amendment rights. meanwhile, the committee -- the committee's investigation proceeded without ms. lerner's testimony. to date we have conducted 33 bipartisan transscribed interviews of witnesses from the i.r.s. we have heard witness' testimony during five committee and subcommittee hearings. because the i.r.s. has not fully cooperated with the committee's investigation, i have issued three subpoenas for documents. the i.r.s. continues to withhold some of ms. lerner's emails from the committee. documents and testimony show that ms. lerner is uniquely positioned to provide testimony that will help the committee better understand how and why the i.r.s. targeted conservative groups. at a business meeting on june 28, 201

when mr. gowdy said he is very interested in january, so am i. i want to attach my comments to the ranking member here to the greatest extent possible. we don't want to be overly burdensome. we do, mr. lynch and others, certain individuals want all the e-mails. of your six investigations, there's only two that you have to do 6103 for. you don't do 6103 for senate finance or ways and means. and i'm assuming the justice department has a way to fast track getting what they want. ou, of the two entities, us and one of the challenges we have watched reagan negotiate to get less than all of lois lerner e-mails when in fact six months ago you could have pumped out of all of lois lerner e-mails and dumped them on senate finance and ways and means. you did not do that. the eventually negotiated to my consternation a subset of all of her e-mails. i find it less than helpful and i find you're talking about reduction in time to inappropriate when you could've given ways and means all lois lerner e-mails in a matter of seconds. it really is that simple and i

when mr. gowdy said he is very interested in january, so am i. i want to attach my comments to the ranking member here to the greatest extent possible. we don't want to be overly burdensome. we do, mr. lynch and others, certain individuals want all the e-mails. of your six investigations, there's only two that you have to do 6103 for. you don't do 6103 for senate finance or ways and means. and i'm assuming the justice department has a way to fast track getting what they want. ou, of the two entities, us and one of the challenges we have watched reagan negotiate to get less than all of lois lerner e-mailshe

at that hearing, a member of the committee, mr. gowdy, stated that ms. lerner had waived her right to invoke the fifth amendment because she had given voluntary statement professing her innocence. i temporarily excused ms. lerner from the hearing and subsequently recessed the hearing to consider whether ms. lerner had in fact waived her fifth amendment rights. meanwhile, the committee's investigation proceeded without ms. lerner's testimony. to date we have conducted 33 bipartisan transcribed interviews of witnesses from the i.r.s. we have heard witnesses' testimony during five committee and subcommittee hearings. because the i.r.s. is not full -- has not fully cooperated with the committee's investigation, i have issued three subpoenas for documents. the i.r.s. continues to withhold some of ms. lerner's emails from the committee. documents and testimony show that ms. lerner is uniquely positioned to provide testimony that will help the committee better understand how and why the i.r.s. targeted conservative groups. at a business meeting on june 28, 2013

my friend and colleague from south carolina, trey gowdy, for bringing forth this very important legislation. we're here today to answer one question, mr. speaker. will we stand idly by while an imperial president ignores the rule of law and unravels the separation of powers so carefully woven into our constitution. the answer is no. probably more than anything else my constituents ask me, what are we doing to address the patterns of executive overreaches in disregard of the law by president obama and his administration. good, god-faring americans, who work hard, pay their taxes and obey the law are understandably frustrated by president -- by a president who acts as though he's above the law. the abuses are well documented. selective enforcement of immigration laws, waiving compliance for welfare to work laws and what's become weekly attempts to delay, waive, or just not enforce parts of obamacare because of the political implications, just to name a few. mr. speaker, our constitutional constraints on government may not be convenient for the president or his political or policy goals but they are necessary for preserving the checks an

congressman trey gowdy of south carolina is the lead sponsor of of the measure. >> mr.that is a lot of power. what are we to do when that amount of power is not enough? what are we to do when this president or any president decides to selectively enforce a portion of a law and ignore other portions? >> tony sig is a fox news contributor. all right. guys. tony, does he have a point? >> he certainly does. look, this is not a conversation anybody really wanted to have or a point we wanted to get to. but it's something the president has brought onto himself because even as liberal scholars of law and the constitution have said like jonathan turley, this president has gone well beyond any precedent in circumventing congress and expanding executive authority. and the president's power in the separation of powers where we have checks and balances is to enforce the laws of the land, not to do so selectively. and congress up until this point has not had to go through this extent but we're seeing a greater expansion of this president's power being unchecked. >> well, there have b

gowdy explosive floor speech setting on fire. blasting over executive power. >> if a president does not faithfully execute the law, mr. speaker.hat are our remedies? do we just sit and wait on another election? do we use the power of the purse? the power of impeachment? those are punishments, those are not remedies, the remedy is to do exactly what barack obama said to do to go to court, to go to the supreme court. and have the supreme court say once and for all we don't pass suggestions in this body, mr. speaker, we don't pass ideas. we pass laws. and we expect them to be faithfully executed. >> that's right. back in 2008 then senator obama, yes, senator obama spoke about the dangers of expanding executive power. >> one of the most important jobs of i believe the supreme court is to guard against the encroachment of the executive branch on the other -- the power of the other branches. >> okay. >> and i think that evan a little bit too willing and eager to give an administration whether it's mine or george bush's more power than i think the constitution originally intended. >> karl rove joins us. nice to see you, carl. >> gret

bill: trey gowdy and other republicans want to make sure the president sticks to the constitution. >> mrt is a lot of power. what are we to do when that amount of power is not enough? what are we to do when this president or any president decides to selectively enforce a portion of a law and ignore other portions? [ male announcer ] evenore impressive than the research this man has at his disposal is how he puts it to work for his clients. morning. morning. thanks for meeting so early. co on in. [ male annncer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. but we're not staying in the kitchen. just start the slow cooker, add meat and pour in campbell's slow oker sauce. by the time you get home, dinner is practically done. and absolutely delicious. everne is cooking wiew campbell's slow cooker sauces. andcan you start tomorrow? tomorrow we're booked solid. we close on the house tomorrow. tomorrow we go live... it's a day full of promise. and often, that day arrives by train. big day today? even bigger one tomorrow. csx. how tomorrow moves. bill: a gas tanker crashing on a busy highway.