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mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this transcends the issue of illegal immigration. the president's action has crossed a very bright line that separates the american republic that prides itself on being a nation of laws and not of men from those unhappy regimes whose rulers boast that law is in their mouths. it's true that throughout the nation's history presidents have tested the limits of their authority, but this is the first time a chief executive who is charged with the responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed has asserted the absolute power to nullify or change these laws by decree. under our constitution, the president does not get to pick which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore. he does not get to pick who must obey the law and who gets to live above the law. and he's forbidden from making law himself, all legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states. whether we choose to recognize it or not, this is a fall-fledged constitutional cr
mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this transcends the issue of illegal immigration. the president's action has crossed a very bright line that separates the american republic that prides itself on being a nation of laws and not of men from those unhappy regimes whose rulers boast that law is in their mouths. it's true that throughout the nation's history presidents have tested the limits of their authority, but this is the first time a chief executive who is...
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mr. mcclintock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, california's regulatory drought was causing enormous economic damage and human hardship long before the historic natural drought that's now stricken the state and through all of those years, the house has passed legislation repeatedly to address it. finally, after years of inaction, the senate produced a modest measure to provide very limited flexibility for water managers to deal with it. this bill largely reflects those provisions. it's a temporary stopgap measure that suspends no environmental laws and no regulations. it simply tasks federal water managers to conserve our water for beneficial human use to the maximum extent possible once allstate and federal environmental and water -- all state and federal environmental and water laws -- and the bill explicitly requires all environmental laws and regulations to be adhered to. all the house added to the senate bill is provisions to strengthen water rights for areas of origin by adding federal protection over
mr. mcclintock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, california's regulatory drought was causing enormous economic damage and human hardship long before the historic natural drought that's now stricken the state and through all of those years, the house has passed legislation repeatedly to address it. finally, after years of inaction, the senate produced a modest measure to provide very limited flexibility for water managers to deal...
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mr. mcclintock, mr. labrador, others who would i haven't had a chance to talk to mr. gomer yet. that is where we are. i just wanted the profound constitutional arguments i have feare -- i have heard here. i would hear them at the supreme court level. they were not as stimulating as the things i have heard from the members on this panel. a time has come to stand on principle, to shut this funding off now, to give us an opportunity for the new congress to be seated so they can weigh in on the 2015 the school both the 2016 fiscal year. -- we took annd oath of office, each one of us. the fervor with which i have heard the conviction of this panel and some of the witnesses, in particular jeff duncan, if i can associate myself with his words and his passion, that is our own. we take it seriously. when the president gets his oval office which is specified in the constitution to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united s, and he is required to make sure that the laws are faithfully executed and he lectures us on that -- he knows that he is wrong. when the president d
mr. mcclintock, mr. labrador, others who would i haven't had a chance to talk to mr. gomer yet. that is where we are. i just wanted the profound constitutional arguments i have feare -- i have heard here. i would hear them at the supreme court level. they were not as stimulating as the things i have heard from the members on this panel. a time has come to stand on principle, to shut this funding off now, to give us an opportunity for the new congress to be seated so they can weigh in on the...
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mr. mcclintock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, california's regulatory drought was causing enormous economic damage and human hardship long before the historic natural drought that's now stricken the state and through all of those years, the house has passed legislation repeatedly to address it. finally, after years of inaction, the senate produced a modest measure to provide very limited flexibility for water managers to deal with it. this bill largely reflects those provisions. it's a temporary stopgap measure that suspends no environmental laws and no regulations. it simply tasks federal water managers to conserve our water for beneficial human use to the maximum extent possible once allstate and federal environmental and water -- all state and federal environmental and water laws -- and the bill explicitly requires all environmental laws and regulations to be adhered to. all the house added to the senate bill is provisions to strengthen water rights for areas of origin by adding federal protection over
mr. mcclintock. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, california's regulatory drought was causing enormous economic damage and human hardship long before the historic natural drought that's now stricken the state and through all of those years, the house has passed legislation repeatedly to address it. finally, after years of inaction, the senate produced a modest measure to provide very limited flexibility for water managers to deal...
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mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. themcclintock: mr. speaker, constitutional issues involving the president's executive orders on amnesty far transcend the issue of illegal immigration. the president's act strikes at the very heart of our separation of powers. the constitution reserves to congress alone the power to enact an older -- or alter law and charges the president with the spot to faithfully execute those laws. if the president can seize legislative power in this manner and boast to an audience that he himself has changed the law, then the separation of powers becomes meaningless and our constitutional republic will have crossed a very bright line that separates a nation of laws from the unhappy societies whose rulers boast that the law is in their mouths. if this precedent stands, every succeeding president, republican and democrat, will cite it as authority to make our alter law by decree. this cannot be allowed toe happen of the the question occurs what can the house do? well, it took its first step last week by passing h.r.
mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. themcclintock: mr. speaker, constitutional issues involving the president's executive orders on amnesty far transcend the issue of illegal immigration. the president's act strikes at the very heart of our separation of powers. the constitution reserves to congress alone the power to enact an older -- or alter law and charges the president with the spot to faithfully execute those laws. if the president can seize legislative power in this manner and boast to an...
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mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this transcends the issue of illegal immigration. the president's action has crossed a very bright line that separates the american republic that prides itself on being a nation of laws and not of men from those unhappy regimes whose rulers boast that law is in their mouths. it's true that throughout the nation's history presidents have tested the limits of their authority, but this is the first time a chief executive who is charged with the responsibility to take care that the laws be faithfully executed has asserted the absolute power to nullify or change these laws by decree. under our constitution, the president does not get to pick which laws to enforce and which laws to ignore. he does not get to pick who must obey the law and who gets to live above the law. and he's forbidden from making law himself, all legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states. whether we choose to recognize it or not, this is a fall-fledged constitutional cr
mr. mcclintock: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, this transcends the issue of illegal immigration. the president's action has crossed a very bright line that separates the american republic that prides itself on being a nation of laws and not of men from those unhappy regimes whose rulers boast that law is in their mouths. it's true that throughout the nation's history presidents have tested the limits of their authority, but this is the first time a chief executive who is...
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mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. speaker, the genius of our constitution can be found in the separation of powers that has preserved our freedom for 225 years. the american founders recognized that what had gone so terribly wrong in europe was that the same organ of government that made the law also enforced that law and adjudicated it. all the powers were in the same hands. they wanted to protect their new nation from such a fate. so they divided the powers of government, congress and congress alone makes the law. all legislative power herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states. you want many voices in that decisionmaking process. you want a great, big, messy debate. that's the congress. once that decision is made, it needs to be carried out by a single will, a single branch headed by one individual whom the constitution commands to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. one person does not get to make the law in this republic. the president is called upon to enforce the law. fundamen
mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. speaker, the genius of our constitution can be found in the separation of powers that has preserved our freedom for 225 years. the american founders recognized that what had gone so terribly wrong in europe was that the same organ of government that made the law also enforced that law and adjudicated it. all the powers were in the same hands. they wanted to protect their new nation from such a fate. so they divided the powers of government, congress and...