From our congressman, Ronald Payne, Jr. on the congressional lawsuit against President Obama:
PAYNE CALLS OUT REPUBLICANS FOR WASTING TAXPAYER TIME AND MONEY ON GOP LAWSUIT AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA
Calls
It a Shameful, Frivolous, Desperate Political Stunt; Urges Republicans
to Pass Bills Under the Democrats’ Make It In America Jobs Plan to Put
America Back
to Work
Newark, N.J. – Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10)
spoke out on the House Floor against the frivolous, politically
motivated Republican lawsuit against President Obama. Rep. Payne, Jr.
said that Republicans are wasting precious taxpayer time and money on a
lawsuit that even the most conservative constitutional
scholars have deemed baseless and unjustifiable.
“He is the President
of the United States of America – the greatest nation in the world, the
most powerful man in the world – and he deserves the respect that we
have given every other president who has held
that office,” said Rep. Payne, Jr. “[Republicans] will not stop at anything in order to have this president defeated and look like a failure.”
“When has that been
our history? This great democracy we have has been a battle over ideas
and a coming together in a bipartisan manner. Mr. Speaker, just because
Republicans disagree with the president’s policies
or political persuasion, they do not have the right to sue him. Even
the nation’s most conservative Supreme Court justices have said that
Congress cannot sue the president in these circumstances.
“Meanwhile, millions
of Americans are out of work – including nearly 300,000 people in my
home state of New Jersey. Instead of Congress working together to
create jobs, New Jerseyans are learning that Republicans
are at it again, wasting taxpayer time and money on a frivolous
lawsuit. My constituents are outraged!
“Democrats have a real jobs plan – the
Make It In America
Plan – to put America back to work, to bring jobs back to our shores,
to build roads and bridges, to create a better education system, and to
lead the world in innovation. My bill
– the Green Jobs Act
– is part of this jobs plan. It will expand access to capital for small
businesses to create good-paying jobs in low-income communities.
“We’re ready to work.
I think it’s high time that our colleagues on the other side of the
aisle say ok we tried everything, there’s one more thing to try: work
with this president to move this nation forward.”
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