Huelskamp: We Must Defund Amnesty Now

Washington – Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5759 – “Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act.” Congressman Tim Huelskamp (KS-01) issued the following statement:

“While I voted for this bill, it is going nowhere fast. After this merely symbolic vote against Obama's lawless amnesty order, we must now employ our constitutional power of the purse and defund his order in next week's spending bill. The Administration is already hiring over a thousand employees to implement his unfair amnesty plan -- so it is not an option to wait until April or even March.

The American people just dealt Obama and his amnesty agenda a resounding defeat at the polls. I encourage my Republican colleagues to join me and keep our campaign promise by opposing this lawless amnesty action.

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