Barbara Boxer: “I will vote in favor of S.J. Res. 33, a resolution which disapproves of the President's decision to grant conditional…”

“I will vote in favor of S.J. Res. 33, a resolution which disapproves of the President's decision to grant conditional clemency for certain individuals who were convicted of crimes related to the activities of the Armed Forces for National Liberation and a splinter group called the Macheteros. However, I am disappointed that this issue was turned into a partisan, political attack on the President. The original language was inflammatory and too broad, accusing the President of sweeping charges that were misleading and inappropriate. Some of the worst rhetoric has been removed in this version, but in my view it is still too political. In the future, I hope that Congress will prove to more responsible and bipartisan when discussing U.S. counterterrorism policy.”