Anna Eshoo: “I thank the chairman for recognizing me and yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution to repeal…”

“I thank the chairman for recognizing me and yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution to repeal the AUMF resolution of 2002. Here we are, in 2021. Mr. Speaker, I voted against that AUMF, and to this day, I believe it produced one of the worst foreign policy disasters in U.S. history. It was built on a lie; it claimed the lives of over 4,400 Americans and countless Iraqi civilians; and it cost our Treasury trillions of dollars. The Iraq war ended 10 years ago, but this AUMF is still on the books. It is a blank check, and we need to get rid of it. We run the risk that administrations will misuse it to justify future military action and directly undermine Congress' Article I war powers authority. The House has voted three times to repeal this AUMF, and today, it is time to pass it. Let us have a victory here on the floor--and celebrate another victory that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.”