Bob Menendez: “I do not believe that this body should delegate to any entity its…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2000

I do not believe that this body should delegate to any entity its powers and its rights to have a bipartisan commission on any issue. We are the representatives elected by the people of the United States to make crucial policy decisions, including decisions in foreign policy; not some unelected group of individuals chosen maybe because of their economic interests in this issue. And the fact of the matter is I do not believe that we should abrogate our powers and our responsibilities as legislators to any unelected commission to determine foreign policy. Let us have a commission on the Middle East; let us have a commission on a whole host of other places in the world. The fact of the matter is that would not be the course of events that we should pursue, and I urge my colleagues to reject the motion to recommit.

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Bob Menendez

Democratic · New Jersey

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Opposing a motion to recommit regarding the delegation of foreign policy decisions to a bipartisan commission.

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Bob Menendez: “I do not believe that this body should delegate to any entity its powers and its rights to have a bipartisan commission…”

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