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Myself and others on the armed services committee and laid out the money that they need to protect this nation, to provide our nation's security. that money is in everything from readiness, the ability the military of to operate to have fuel and the other armaments, including munitions that they need as well as military construction programs that have all been vetted and found to be of absolutely essential to do. what's happening here and the reason we are putting in this legislation is that the president, without congressional authority, without the appropriation process is reaching into the ...

To say, as a former attorney general, that was pretty pathetic. the only reason he gave is a reason that the house democrats can use and that is that the president is exercising an appropriation power and he didn't seem to -- he didn't seem to understand, this is being done on a law, not the inherent power of the president under article ii of the constitution. he kept talking about constitutional violations. for people who read these, quote, emergency laws, the breadth and vagueness of them is striking. it is phenomenal. and the smarter folks attacking this, i believe, have taken aim at not th...

Can use and that is that the president is exercising an appropriation power and he didn't seem to -- he didn't seem to understand, this is being done on a law, not the inherent power of the president under article ii of the constitution. he kept talking about constitutional violations. for people who read these, quote, emergency laws, the breadth and vagueness of them is striking. it is phenomenal. and the smarter folks attacking this, i believe, have taken aim at not the emergency finding, because the president has been given by congress so much discretion in that area, i don't think they win...

That ancient, out of date, use of force in the middle east and in the philippines and africa nap is a war powers act of congress and now you add on top of that the appropriation power of congress. and you add these things together and why have congress at all? because the president has the power to wage war, has the power, if he is allowed to do this to use an emergency, any emergency, and then go forward appropriating money on his own. we can't allow it to happen and using the emergency powers act which we can only repeal with a presidential signature. he controls is all, and the next preside...

Miles or feet and yards, where it's justified and then by next october 1st, we must pass a new appropriation bill, and that's the normal way to do it and frankly, i think it will be much faster than the route that president has chosen which would be a monumental legal fight as well as a significant political battle. it will be faster and frankly, the outcome will be better because it will be following the strict constitutional format congress has the appropriation power. charles: representative garamendi, always a pleasure, thank you very much. >> you've got it, thank you. charles: fired andre...