Andrew Clyde Accuses Dems Of Trying To 'Intentionally Forget' About The Constitution

During a House Appropriation Committee markup meeting held before the Congressional recess, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) spoke about constitutionality.

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00:00Clyde. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I've heard from the other side of the aisle a number

00:07of great reasons to vote for this bill. Apparently, my Democrat colleagues believe that the federal

00:12government has sole authority over every aspect of Americans' lives. They seem to forget or

00:17intentionally forget that the federal government is constrained by the 18 enumerated powers

00:22outlined in Article 1 of the Constitution and that the 10th Amendment further constrains

00:27the federal government by saying, and I quote, the powers not delegated to the United States by the

00:33Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the

00:39people. And to quote Wikipedia that I don't do very often here, but the 10th Amendment was ratified

00:47on December 15th, 1791. It expresses the principle of federalism whereby the federal government and

00:55the individual states share power by mutual agreement. The 10th Amendment prescribes that

01:00the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution and that

01:05all other powers not forbidden to the states by the Constitution are reserved to each state or to the

01:11people. So I think this bill does a lot to move us to move our federal government back in line with

01:18the restrictions of the Constitution and I support it moving forward to full committee and I yield back.