Contact: Kathryn Rexrode
Date: December 23, 2010
Phone: 202.225.5431
Fax: 202.225.9681
Washington, D.C.: Today, at the urging of Congressman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06), the House Republican Leadership released House Rules for the 112th Congress that recommit the Congress to the text of the U.S. Constitution.
As part of the new Rules for the 112th Congress, all Members of the House will be required to submit a formal statement pointing to the exact Constitutional provision that authorizes each bill they introduce. In addition, as a further demonstration of its commitment to hold true to the fundamental principles upon which this country was founded, the new Rules include Rep. Goodlatte's recommendation that the U.S. Constitution will be read aloud on the House Floor during the first week of the 112th Congress.
“One of the resounding themes I have heard from my constituents is that Congress should adhere to the Constitution and the finite list of powers it granted to the federal government,” said Congressman Goodlatte. “I am very pleased that the Republican Leadership included my recommendation that the U.S. Constitution be read aloud on the House Floor during the first week of session. This historic and symbolic reading is long overdue and shows that the new majority in the House of Representatives truly is dedicated to the U.S. Constitution and the principles for which it stands. Additionally, I would like to thank Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for his efforts to advance this initiative.”
As the written expression of the consent the American people gave to their government – a consent with restrictions and boundaries – the public reading of the Constitution will set the tone for the 112th Congress.
Goodlatte is a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over Constitutional amendments and other issues pertaining to the U.S. Constitution.
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This is a great idea.
Too bad that nobody on the Republican side thought of the Constitution back when Bush was reading our private emails, tracking our web travels, or carting dissidents to other countries, so that they could be tortured and murdered.
If the records from the Bush regime are ever released to the public, most citizens will be stunned to learn just how close we came to having our Constitution entirely suspended.
Now, as the Obama administration takes advantage of precedents set by Bush, and the shoe is on the other foot, Republican rank and file remain clueless as to from where, the expanded government power has come.
Restoring Constitutional limits is a good step in the right direction, unfortunately, to guys like Bush, and now Obama, they think the Constitution says that they can do whatever they want.
I hope that voters will keep fresh in their minds the political stunts done by the lame duck session and vote the guilty Republicans and Democrats out of office, next election.
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