Friday, February 28, 2014

Congressman Wants To Keep Presidents In Check

02/28/2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Appearing before the House Judiciary Committee, area Congressman Jim Gerlach testified in support of his legislation to make sure presidents meet their Constitutional obligation to enforce all laws and do not bypass Congress to change the law. Gerlach told the Committee that he is working to pass H.R. 3857, the proposed Enforce the Take Care Clause Act, in response to several instances in recent years when the president has used his executive power to selectively apply, enforce, and even ignore duly–enacted laws. The legislation references the Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which requires a President to faithfully execute all laws. The President’s health-care law is just one, and perhaps the most glaring, example of how the limits of executive power have been drastically expanded, Gerlach noted. The law has been revised, altered and effectively rewritten by the President and his Administration 23 times since July – with the most recent executive action coming two weeks ago when the President unilaterally declared a one-year delay of the employer mandate for companies with 50-99 full-time workers. The congressman represents parts of Berks, Chester, and Lebanon Counties.

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