Jim McGovern

I hope that Congress will repeal and update the 2001 AUMF, repeal the 2002 AUMF, and hold further hearings to consider potential revisions to the War Powers Resolution.

In my view, both of these latter interpretations of the 2002 AUMF were strained and unnecessary.

I am convinced that Congress can come together to agree on a new AUMF that provides the President and our military the clear legislative authorization.

An updated AUMF is legally important to give our military clear statutory authority to fight terrorist groups that threaten the United States today.

I have long advocated revising the 2001 AUMF to update it to address contemporary terrorist threats.

I am in full agreement with my colleagues who support reforming the 2001 AUMF, but I would also caution that we should not simply repeal these authorities without ensuring there is an appropriate replacement.

The Framers put the power to declare war in the hands of Congress.

It can't be easier to get into a war than it is to get out of one.

Hunger is a political condition. We have the resources. We don't have the political will.

We should not tolerate that at all.

One thing is clear, and that is the Federal response, our response was inadequate then, and I still believe it is not adequate now.

We are the most powerful country in the world, and now, today, we are going to show truly how great we are and how powerful we are as a nation, because we are going to solve this hunger crisis.

We need to develop a holistic plan, and included in that has to be the understanding that if you want to end hunger, we also have to deal with the issue of wages.

I hope that we can get some bipartisan support on a couple of requests that I have made to the Administration.

We ought to think seriously about doing joint committee hearings with Ways and Means, with Education and Labor, and other committees.

We need to be thinking immediately about making that increase in SNAP permanent.

I want to thank Mr. Waide in particular for reminding us that while the crisis that we are dealing with right now is new, this issue of hunger for many in our country existed long before the crisis.

Donald Trump is a criminal. And what he did in terms of inciting that crowd to attack the United States Capitol, to threaten the lives of so many people -- people died. People died. Blood is on this president’s hands.

I’m angry at Donald Trump for inciting this mob to attack the Capitol.

If the president is going to be that somebody advocates putting a bullet in the head of a member of Congress, and if that is going to be the new determination as to what it takes to throw people off committees, I`m fine with that. I`m fine…

This was, you know, a group of domestic terrorists, homegrown fascists, whatever you want to call them.

He could resign, the 25th Amendment could be invoked, or we will impeach him.

Look, he is not fit to be in office. What he did on Wednesday inciting this mob of white supremacists, of neo-Nazis, of the Proud Boys is unforgivable.

I'm going to ask you to make a statement that the election was not stolen, that Joe Biden won fair and square.

If we want to talk about healing, we have to talk about truth. And if we want to talk about healing, we also need to deal with the issue of accountability. And what this president incited last Wednesday is unforgivable and unconscionable.