Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I will start out first by associating myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who I think laid this out clearly. This is a message that goes globally. This is a destiny message. The Speaker of this House understands his role. He understands that all of America is watching us today. And even if I had a vote, I would have said, no, don't go into Libya. If I had an opportunity to amend this resolution, I would say let's limit the authorization to a shorter period of time so that the President can come do what he should do. But I believe that there are scores of Americans in their graves today because this Congress sent the wrong message in several conflicts that encouraged our enemy. Clausewitz wrote: ``The object of war is to destroy the enemy's will and ability to conduct war.'' And I would shorten that up to say, if you can destroy their will, it doesn't matter what their ability is; you've taken their ability with it. But this message encourages our enemy. This resolution says that Congress stands with the constitutional authority of the President to be Commander in Chief and to conduct our foreign policy. We should conduct our disagreement with the President domestically, not in our foreign policy and not by limiting an activity that could abrogate our NATO treaty. {time} 1150 Mr. McKEON. May I ask how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”