{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140131154753/http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/474", "HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO ENFORCE LAWS", "2013-12-02", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "VA", "Robert Goodlatte", "G000289", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO ENFORCE LAWS \n                      \n                      \tWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on \u201cThe President\u2019s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws.\u201d Throughout President Obama\u2019s tenure, we\u2019ve witnessed a pattern: when the President disagrees with laws, he circumvents them. Now with Obamacare, President Obama is rewriting his own law, even though the law doesn\u2019t provide him the authority to do so. The Constitution is clear: it is Congress\u2019 duty to write our laws and once they are enacted it is the President\u2019s responsibility to enforce them.\u00a0 Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution declares that the President \u201cshall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.\u201d\u00a0 However, President Obama has failed on several occasions to enforce Acts of Congress that he disagrees with for policy reasons. The President has also stretched his regulatory authority to enact policies refused by Congress. Tomorrow\u2019s hearing will specifically focus on Obamacare: the employer mandate delay, waiver for non-compliant health plans, and contraceptive mandate that violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It will also address the President\u2019s decision to ignore enforcement of our immigration and federal drug laws. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte released the statement below on tomorrow\u2019s hearing: \u201cPresident Obama has blatantly disregarded the Constitution\u2019s mandate to faithfully execute the laws.\u00a0 He has changed key provisions in Obamacare without congressional approval, failed to enforce our immigration and drug laws, and ignored his Constitutional duties for the sake of politics. It is apparent that the President\u2019s vested interest is not in the protected liberties of the American people, but in the advancement of his own agenda and interests.\u201d Witnesses for tomorrow\u2019s hearing include: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute;  \n                      \t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Nicholas Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center;  \n                      \t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Jonathan Turley, Professor, George Washington University Law School; and  \n                      \t\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center. All House Judiciary Committee hearings are webcast live at www.judiciary.house.gov. For more information on the hearing, click here. \n                      \n                      \t###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140131154753/http://goodlatte.house.gov/press_releases/474"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9697990026324987, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}