Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. ``(b) Congress has the constitutional prerogative to withhold funding for any unauthorized use of the U.S. Armed Forces, including for unauthorized activities regarding Libya.'' That's also true, but so what. It doesn't direct anything. It doesn't say that what the President did was outside his powers. It doesn't direct that the activity stop. It doesn't do anything. I think we should do something, because if in this situation we do not reclaim congressional powers, I can think of no set of circumstances under which the President cannot go to war without going to Congress first, no set of circumstances. And that turns the Constitution and the intentions of our Framers and the intentions of our whole constitutional law system on its head. Therefore, I urge a vote of ``yes'' on the Boehner resolution and a vote of ``yes'' on the Kucinich resolution, which, unlike the Boehner resolution, actually does something about the situation we find ourselves in.”