House Proceeding on Feb 14th, 2008 :: 0:43:58 to 0:45:58
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: balances, and to the fulfillment of our o constitutional duty. the president who is forced to answer for his administration's actions, decisions, and conduct is a president who is less likely

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: to amass power beyond that which the constitution prescribes for his office or to imperil the welfare of our republic form of government. and that is the constitutional interest that today's

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Speech By: F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: resolution addresses. i support the rule before us because i believe in a system of checks and balances in which no branch holds itself above the constitutional objectives of a sharing of authority

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: which the founders wisely believed was essential to protect against the abuse of that authority by any one of those branches. the issue before this body is not fundamentally whether the current

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: administration acted properly and within the law when it dismissed seven u.s. attorn eys in 2006. that may be the issue at some point in time, but unless we have the information to get to that point,

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: such a quest will beue moot. nor is this a partisan clash between a democratic house and a republican president. rather, the basic issue before this house is this, whether this body and the committee

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: system which is central to our duties to perform meaningful and vigorous oversight, can simply be ignored. by the executive branch when this body seeks testimony and documents relevant to an a

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: important public policy controversy. as "the new york times" noted this morning, quote, if congress fails to enforce its own subpoenas, it would effectively be creeding -- ceding subpoena

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: power, it would also be giving -- its tacit consent to the dangerous idea of an imperial president. above the law and beyond the reach of checks and balances. what profited a nation if we

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: include checks and balances within our constitutional framework to protect our country's freedom, and more importantly our people's freedom if in fact we honor it only in the bridge? as bruce fine,

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Michael Arcuri: the constitutional scholar and justice official during theur reagan administration has stated, if congress shies from voting for contempt in this case , secret government will become the rule.

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Speech By: Michael Arcuri