On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is not a perfect plan. What America wants is a plan that guarantees success, and that success should be total destruction of ISIS immediately and without U.S. casualties. But the plan is a reasonable approach. It is the only approach on this floor. The alternative is to do nothing. No one has brought a better plan to this floor. {time} 1615 For those who say, ``Let's do nothing,'' reflect what we have accomplished through the President's action. The Yazidis have been saved from genocide. The Turkmen who otherwise would have been slaughtered in the many thousands are no longer besieged. The Mosul and Haditha dams are no longer under the control of ISIS. None of that would be true if the President had already not begun to take action. I now yield to the gentleman from California for a colloquy. Mr. Chairman, all the authority provided in this amendment will expire no later than December 11, 2014. Is that correct? I yield to the gentleman. Mr. McKEON. Or the passage of the NDAA, whichever comes first.
