Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his question. As to the issue of authorizations of military force consistent with the War Powers Act and consistent with the Constitution of the United States, which sets forth clearly that it is the Congress and only the Congress that can declare war, we believed and still believe it was necessary to move as quickly as possible to clarify that the expectation of the Congress of the United States is that it would be included in any conversation, discussion, and debate with reference to whether or not we ought to take an act of war. Without getting into the complexities, I would call your attention to an extraordinarily good article that was in today's paper by Jim Webb, the former Secretary of the Navy and a Navy Cross awardee who fought in Vietnam and who served in the United States Senate, with reference to whether or not legally the action that was taken by the President was justified. {time} 1130 Let me say something, Mr. Speaker. I would hope this debate--and I said this yesterday during the course of the debate--would not descend into demagoguery. I was very disappointed with a remark that was made by one of the Republican Members of this House when he said, they are ``in love with terrorists,'' referring to the Democrats, presumably, who were proponents of assuring that the War Powers Act would be honored by the President and with the constitutional requirement that we are the ones, and only ones, who declare war.…”