Barbara Lee: “We are 13 years into this war without end. So, Mr. Speaker, I authored…”

On the recordMay 21, 2014

We are 13 years into this war without end. So, Mr. Speaker, I authored H.R. 4608. I had an amendment to come here on this bill that would really get us back to the drawing board so that we could have this full debate to determine whether or not this resolution, the one of 9/14/2001, should still hold. Minimally, we should have a full debate on this. I am really pleased though to see that the administration finally agreed to release a secret drones memo. That is a good thing. That is happening I think today. But we need to have a debate on this resolution, and we need to have it today.

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Barbara Lee

Democratic · California

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May 21, 2014

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