Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I do intend to object to the resolution for a number of reasons. First of all, the resolution prejudges the very conclusion that the resolution says it wants an investigation to determine. It calls for an investigation, but then it already concludes that the President violated the law. That is not what I call an impartial investigation. That is a resolution which reaches a conclusion prejudging the very investigation it calls for. There are other problems here as well. My good friend from Ohio said the President violated the law because he didn't give 30 days notice to Congress. Indeed, the National Defense Authorization Act provides for 30 days notice. But it also is a matter of fact the President said, when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act, that if there were necessary circumstances where there were negotiations going on with foreign countries or foreign people in terms of preserving or saving an American life that he is not going to be bound by 30 days notice. He said that at the signing ceremony. You can't change a law at a signing ceremony, but what you can do at a signing ceremony is what this President did: At the very signing ceremony for the very act the Senator is relying on, the President put us on notice that there could be circumstances under which he could not give 30 days notice to the Congress. When he did not give 30 days notice in this circumstance, he did it on the advice of counsel.…”