Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) for her vision in making sure Congress votes on matters of war and peace. When we were attacked, after 9/11, I, like many Americans, supported strikes on the people who attacked us. But no one in this country would have thought that a resolution would be used for perpetual war. Madam Speaker, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) had the courage back then and the foresight to stand up with courage and stand up against a resolution that has provided a blank check for the last 16 years. I do believe that that is the type of political courage that one day will be remembered in history, and I applaud the gentlewoman for that. We have seen that, since 2001, the terrorists, which were contained on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, have spread. They have spread to the Middle East. They have spread to Africa. And it is about time that we ask: What have all these interventions gotten us? And this is not a partisan issue, as the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) has mentioned and as the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) just articulated.…”