Lois Capps: “I know I will probably vote for this, but I find it somewhat curious that this is probably the only debate we are going…”

“I know I will probably vote for this, but I find it somewhat curious that this is probably the only debate we are going to have, which will probably be the most important foreign policy decision that this Congress will make this term, and we are doing it within an hour right now, with very little preparation. This is probably the only time we will be talking about this before the Madrid summit, NATO summit in July. I just think the ramifications of this are so profound, so deep, so extensive, that I regret that we have to do it in this fashion. I know for a new Member to come here and lecture other Members on how we ought to be doing this is probably not very polite of me, but I think that until we can trust the process that we are using, it is difficult to restore the trust between the people and their representatives here. Mr. Speaker, I just think by naming four more countries, we are creating expectations among those countries.”