Rand Paul: “we have been asking the question of the White House all day, and we have said all along that we would allow the vote to…”

“we have been asking the question of the White House all day, and we have said all along that we would allow the vote to proceed, but we have not gotten any response from the White House. The consideration of whether we will get a response tonight I think is unlikely. We will still keep pressing the issue in the morning as well. But with regard to the Senator's remarks, I think one of the things I hope will come out of this debate will be that we will reassert our authority as a function of the separation of powers, where our body will say to the President: We not only would like your drone memos on how you think you can do this, but we should reassert our authority and tell the President, this is how we think you should do it, and this is the law that is going to dictate and circumscribe how you will do this. That is an authority that I think has been long necessary and we have been letting go by the side and I think we should reassert. At this time, Madam President, I wish to yield to----”