Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King released the following statement Friday after introducing H.R. 140, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013; H.J. Res 16, to repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution; and H.R. 132, the ObamaCare Repeal Act. King was sworn in yesterday to mark the beginning of the 113th Congress and will now represent the new 4th District of Iowa.
H.R. 140, the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013:
“We need a common sense solution to fix the flawed interpretation of the Constitution’s citizenship clause, and ‘The Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013’ does just that,” said King. “The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of ‘anchor babies’ must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law breaking.”
H.J. Res 16, to repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution:
“The Founding Fathers envisioned a robust market based economy,” said King, “and our current tax policies do not encourage that system. Replacing the current income tax with a consumption tax will ensure that productivity is not punished in our country, but rewarded.”
H.R. 132, ObamaCare Repeal Act:
“ObamaCare was bad policy when it was passed, and it is still bad policy today,” said King. “Businesses and households are dealing with soaring healthcare costs as it is implemented across the country. My bill would repeal ObamaCare in its entirety.”
At least King is trying to do something right. Even if they don’t get passed this year he is starting the discussion and maybe down the road something will get done. I would rather have a congressman introduce legislation like this that will actually help then introduction thins like cash for clunkers that ended up wasting money.
@Tim, you are spot on with your comments. Also, cash for clunkers drove up the price of used cars because they were all taken off the streets. The price of used cars rose by over $2,000 by model year compared to before cash for clunkers.
Any time spent on simplifying the tax code is time well spent. The US tax code, printed on paper can’t be stored in a normal house in this country. Things do need to change.
He doesn’t want to simplify it, he wants to repeal it. Which will never fly, which means it’s ANOTHER TIME WASTING BILL.
@sick, how about we do a budget? Harry R. has not presented a budget for Senate vote for over 3 years now, that is not constitutional.
The House has sent Budget bills to the Senate and Harry refuses to bring them to the floor per instructions from the dictator Obama.
I have to balance my checkbook every month, if I don’t have any money, I don’t spend it.
Three negative time wasting bills. Well, at least he hasn’t changed.