Action Quote by Scott Pruitt

Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

— Charles Krauthammer

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

— Anonymous

“If the president uses executive orders to legislate new laws, that would be an example of him subverting legislative power from Congress, and might…

— Gary Hansen

I think you have to be concerned about any presidential executive order because it has the power of law until it's knocked down by…

— Richard Shelby

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

— Garet Garrett

Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.

— Fabrizio Moreira

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

— Al Gore

Presidents and governors have increasingly relied on executive orders to address policy problems. The inefficiency of our nation's laws and regulatory codes are part…

— Jon Husted

The president has to govern.

— Amy Klobuchar

The president is expected to follow the rules just like everybody else.

— Francis X. Suarez

Under Article II, all executive power is vested in one president of the United States. The regulatory state is Congress's efforts to undermine the…

— Ted Cruz

It's important to use executive orders. Every president since Washington has.

— Tim Kaine