CONGRESSMAN PAYNE RIPS CONGRESSIONAL LAWSUIT AGAINST OBAMA

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.”