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Danny Davis: “I have been told that he who lives by the sword shall eventually die by the sword. The first call that I got this…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2002
I have been told that he who lives by the sword shall eventually die by the sword. The first call that I got this morning was from a woman named Barbara Mullarkey who said, ``Danny, vote for peace.'' I rise in strong support of the Lee amendment because it gives me the opportunity to vote the will of the people in my Congressional district who do not believe that we have made the case to go to war. The President has all of the flexibility that he needs to protect us. What he does not have is the flexibility to declare war. That flexibility is left to this Congress. Vote for the Lee amendment. Vote for peace.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Speaking in support of the Lee amendment regarding the decision to go to war.

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