Political Quotes

“That is the subject I would like to devote the rest of my time to discussing. It is the issue the President addressed in the State of the Union speech, an issue we dealt with 3 months ago in the Senate when we approved a resolution authorizing the President to use force, if need be, to bring Iraq into compliance with both agreements it had signed at the end of the Persian Gulf war 12 years ago and also various United Nations resolutions. I rise to speak today because there are obviously a lot of legitimate concerns being expressed by various Members of the Congress, including a long-time Member of the Senate, Senator Kennedy, who recently introduced a resolution calling for the Senate to revisit this issue. I did not have the opportunity to tell Senator Kennedy I would be speaking about his resolution, but I did want to note this has been dealt with by the Congress. We have given the President the authority. One could argue with respect to any change in circumstances that conditions have only gotten worse, not better, since the President was granted that authority by the Congress and therefore we do not need to vote on that resolution again or a new resolution giving the President the authority to act.”