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Lamar Alexander |
Senator Lamar Alexander - The president has made a strong case for increased border security,
but declaring a national emergency is unnecessary, unwise and
inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution. It is unnecessary because
significant additional money already has been approved by Congress that
he could spend on border security without declaring a national
emergency. In fact, the president announced today that he would spend $3
billion of this additional funding to fund construction of the border
wall. This $3 billion is in addition to the $22 billion Congress
appropriated on Thursday for detention beds, technology, border patrol
agents, ports of entry, replacing existing wall and 55 miles of new
wall.
It is unwise because if this president can declare a
national emergency to build a wall, the next president can declare a
national emergency to tear it down; or declare a climate change
emergency to close coal plants and build wind turbines; or a health care
emergency and force into Medicare the 180 million Americans with health
insurance on the job.
It is inconsistent with the U.S.
Constitution because, after the American Revolution against a king, our
founders chose not to create a chief executive with the power to tax the
people and spend their money any way he chooses. The Constitution gives
that authority exclusively to a Congress elected by the people.
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