Makes Case for Limited Government as America Faces New Challenges
WASHINGTON, DC – Advancing American Freedom Founder Vice President Mike Pence delivered a powerful and personal lecture at Grove City College’s Institute on Faith and Freedom last week, making a compelling case for limited government as America faces new challenges at home and abroad.
Reflecting on his time serving as both Vice President and a member of Congress, Vice President Pence spoke with students about how the Constitution holds the key to the challenges our country faces today:
“The Constitution gives the power to Congress to set policies on tariffs, trade, and commerce. Wherever you come down on the risks or merits associated with tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration, the president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without an act of Congress.
“While I welcome President Trump’s decision to pause many of his announced tariffs for 90 days, the truth is—had we adhered to the Founders’ intent in the Constitution, the stops and starts of the past week could never have happened.
“But President Trump is acting under the law. Since the 1960s, Congress has delegated much of its authority to impose tariffs to the executive branch.
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“To restore the authority to tax or tariff back to the American people, Congress should take immediate steps to reclaim their historic power ‘to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises’ under Article One of the Constitution.
“When it comes to spending and taxes, the pathway to stable growth and steady administration in the national government can be found in the Constitution of the United States.”
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