Goodlatte Applauds House Action to Defund the President’s Unconstitutional Actions

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today passed the Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations bill (H.R. 240) by a vote of 236-191. The House-passed bill includes several amendments that will cut off all funding for President Obama’s unconstitutional actions on immigration, whether it be appropriations funds, agency-collected fees, or anything else. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) praised the passage of this legislation in the statement below: “The House today stood by our Constitution and sent the strong message that President Obama’s unilateral, unconstitutional actions on immigration cannot and will not be tolerated. While there are varying opinions about how to reform our nation’s immigration laws, the President does not have the authority to rewrite them on his own. If we don’t stop President Obama’s executive overreach on immigration, future presidents will continue to expand the power of the Executive Branch and encroach upon individual liberty.“Our fight against the President’s actions is not yet over. In the coming days and weeks, we will work with our allies in the Senate to get a bill to the President’s desk. We cannot let one man nullify the law of the land with the stroke of his pen.”