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Congressman Scott Perry offered the following statement upon the passage of H.J. Res. 46, Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019:

“The latest condemnation from the Democrat-controlled House is yet more political theater. H.J. Res. 46 isn’t about Executive overreach; it’s about a policy disagreement – we know that because the same Democrats that lauded President Obama’s Court-declared, unconstitutional actions on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), now decry President Trump for using his constitutional authority to secure our Country. Not upset about the Executive Action on DACA? Please recall the Clean Power Plan – which threatened our electrical grid and would have raised utility costs in Pennsylvania by 17% annually – that had no Congressional approval. Please also recall the bureaucratic gun-grab from Social Security recipients without due process? Or how about the Iran Nuclear Deal, done without the Constitutional process in the Senate for ratification and which unfroze millions in assets? These are just few examples of Democrats being wholeheartedly supportive of the “pen and a phone” strategy out of the White House. At least President Trump was designated the authority to address the problem at hand. Anyway, maybe some good can come from this: I, like many Republicans, would leap at the chance to rein in the power of the Executive Branch altogether. Hopefully, we can develop some bipartisan consensus - given the newfound concerns of my colleagues across the aisle about Article 1 Authority.”