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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after voting against legislation that failed to defund President Obama’s executive amnesty, which ultimately passed the House by a vote of 257 to 167:

“The executive branch has slowly and unilaterally expanded its ability to bypass Congress and impose its will without the consent of Representatives elected by the American people. Today’s vote in the House continues this destructive trend. I am extremely disappointed that Congress had a choice to stand against a lawless and unaccountable Obama Administration, but failed to have the fortitude to reject the president’s overreach.

“I fear that our nation will look back on this day and regret the unscrupulous precedent established allowing for ideological lawlessness which cannot ever be reversed. The consequences of a feckless balance of power are far reaching and will affect future events that we cannot begin to perceive. For these reasons, I will never relent and never yield in my effort to return the balance of power in the United States to the American people and their elected Representatives. Nothing is more important than defending the rule of law and our Constitution.”

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