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Rep. Gosar Votes against Funding Obama’s Unconstitutional Executive Amnesty

Washington, DC, February 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after joining a majority of members in the House of Representatives in voting against a 3 week, short-term funding bill Friday afternoon which would have paved the way for President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty order:

For Immediate Release
Date: February 27, 2015

Contact: Steven D. Smith
Steven.Smith@mail.house.gov

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after joining a majority of members in the House of Representatives in voting against a 3 week, short-term funding bill Friday afternoon which would have paved the way for President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty order:

“The House already did our job more than 6 weeks ago and fully funded the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats waited till the last minute and played parliamentary tricks and refused to even debate the House passed bill.

“At its core, this debate is about President Obama’s unconstitutional executive amnesty and I refuse to violate the oath of office that I took as a Representative of the people to uphold our Constitution. If the president chooses to shut down DHS because he cares more about giving amnesty to illegal immigrants than the security of the people he was sworn to protect, then he will have to deal with those repercussions.

“Republicans must stand for something or we will fall for everything. If we do not stop this dangerous precedent of a lawless executive branch, we risk diminishing the institution of Congress and the indispensable separation of powers granted to us by our founders.”

Background

This week, Congressman Gosar wrote an op-ed on the looming DHS shutdown which was featured in the Arizona Republic. You can read that op-ed HERE.

The Congressman’s press release from January 14, 2015, when the House of Representatives passed a fully funded DHS spending bill can be found HERE.

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