(Washington, DC)  – Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-South Louisiana) released the following statement after cosponsoring H. Con. Res. 110, a resolution limiting the broad expansion and overreach of presidential power. This resolution is in response to President Obama’s signing of the National Defense Resources Preparedness Executive Order on March 16, 2012:

“Recently, this Administration engaged in signings of executive orders which compromise the Founders’ principles of having a system of ‘checks and balances’ within the federal government. These types of actions, which strengthen the power of the president at the expense of the legislative and judicial branches of government, will not be tolerated.

“I cosponsored this resolution to remind the executive branch that under theDefense Production Act of 1950, it does not have the authority to confiscate personal or private property, to force conscription into the Armed Forces on the American people, to force civilians to engage in labor against their will or without compensation, or to force private businesses to relinquish goods or services without compensation. I refuse to allow for infringements upon personal liberties granted by the Constitution go unchallenged.”

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