Political Quotes

“Mr. President, once again, I urge rejection of this amendment. If passed, it would, again, render the underlying resolution a moot point. I would make two additional arguments against it: First, the entire rationale that the Saudis used for the military campaign in Yemen is to prevent Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia. So if this was an exemption, then the United States could fully participate. Second, existing law already allows the U.S. Commander in Chief to protect U.S. troops against an attack or an imminent attack, and nothing in the resolution would take away the Commander in Chief's power to protect U.S. troops either here in the United States or abroad. For those reasons, I would strongly oppose--that we object to this amendment which, if passed, would essentially gut the underlying resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs on agreeing to amendment No. 4098.”