Andy Barr Calls on Attorney General to Fight Unconstitutional Health Legislation
Mar 26th, 2010
‘Light up the phones'
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY – Andy Barr, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Kentucky’s Sixth District, called on Attorney General Jack Conway to challenge the constitutionality of H.R. 3590.
“As you know, I have pledged that if elected to Congress, I will fight to repeal the health care legislation signed into law earlier this week, and work to enact real reforms that will lower health care costs without growing government. I have signed this pledge because I believe this 2,074 page, $1.2 trillion monstrosity will ruin our health care system, devastate our economy and bankrupt our country. But I have also signed this pledge because I am convinced this government takeover is unconstitutional.
That is why I applaud the efforts of the Attorneys General in Virginia, Florida and a number of other states to challenge the constitutionality of the health care bill. And it is why I have called upon our Attorney General, Jack Conway, to do the same.
Unfortunately, Jack Conway has not only declined to file a lawsuit, he stated that he would have voted for the bill. Jack Conway is simply not listening, and the American people deserve better.
Let Jack Conway hear from you. Call his office immediately at (502) 696-5300 or email him at Attorney.General@ag.ky.gov. Let him know that Kentuckians want him to join the lawsuit and stand up against this outrageous, unconstitutional spending spree that Washington is forcing upon us.
The federal government was envisioned by our founding fathers to be a government of few, defined and limited powers. As James Madison explained in the Federalist Papers, "it is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects." No doubt Madison would have been appalled by the sheer enormity of federal power asserted in this bill.
Indeed, the mandate that every American purchase health insurance or face a severe penalty exceeds the power of Congress under the Constitution. If Congress had such authority, then there would be literally no limit to its power over the American people.
