Political Quotes

“today the Senate will vote on a bipartisan War Powers Resolution offered by Senator Kaine directing the President to terminate the use of U.S. Armed Forces for hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Constitution is clear: Congress has the power to declare war. The President has no authority to enter the United States into another endless conflict in the Middle East, but I fear that the President's erratic decision-making, his lack of strategy, his inability to control his impulses may bumble us into a war nonetheless, even if he doesn't intend it. With this bipartisan resolution, the Senate will assert its constitutional authority and send a clear bipartisan message that the President--this President or any President--cannot sidestep Congress when it comes to matters of war and peace. It is important to do this now. The President's actions in the Middle East have escalated the confrontation. Before the State of the Union, the President himself said that war with Iran was ``closer than you thought''-- his words. Now, let me be clear, nobody in this Chamber will shed a single tear over the death of Iranian General Soleimani, but that doesn't mean that we disregard the potential consequences of the strike or any comparable action. It is more than appropriate for Congress to affirm that it has authority over any major long-term hostilities with Iran, as the Constitution prescribes.…”