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Gregory Meeks: I will just say really quickly: Before Soleimani, we had passed a bill on the AUMF in 2019, so it wasn't in response to…

On the recordJune 17, 2021
I will just say really quickly: Before Soleimani, we had passed a bill on the AUMF in 2019, so it wasn't in response to President Trump. So this was attempted even before that. I now yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), head of the United States delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a member of our Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Jun 17, 2021

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