Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman Engel for yielding and for his leadership. I rise today not as a partisan but as someone concerned about America's future. We have worked across the aisle with people like Representative Meadows and others to stop our country from getting into endless wars. There is not one party that wants to stop these wars; this is in our national interest. Now, let's be very clear. Soleimani had blood on his hands. Soleimani was a bad actor. Soleimani killed Americans. That is not the debate. The debate is whether America should get into another war in the Middle East or whether we should be focused on our real competition, which is China. We are 21 percent of the world's GDP. China, our competition for the 21st century, is 15 percent. Iran is 0.44 percent of GDP. China hasn't been in a war since 1979. We are in 40 conflicts. Future historians will ask why we were so obsessed with a region, the Middle East, with 3.5 percent of GDP, when we should have been focused on investing in our country to build the future, to win the 21st century. I don't think staying out of bad wars that cost this country trillions of dollars is a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. Frankly, the President ran on this. I know Leader McCarthy says this is a formality. Under the War Powers Act, you are supposed to have a concurrent resolution. My hope is the President will agree with this and not get us into a war with Iran. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”