Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Rooney. I appreciate the time, and also your advancing this resolution. The President has not made the case for committing our military to the conflict in Libya. The President claims that these military actions do not constitute hostilities. However, the American people know otherwise. The President is engaged in military action against Libya and the Qadhafi regime without congressional approval. In addition to ignoring Congress, many believe that the President has exceeded the scope of the U.N. Security Council resolution imposing an embargo, a no-fly zone, and authorizing civil protection of the Libyan people. The President has told us who we're against: Qadhafi. But he cannot tell us who we are for. Secretary Gates has indicated that we know little about the opposition or rebels. We do not know their geopolitical view towards their neighbors or us. We do not know their commitment to domestic diversity. Are we going to have atrocities? We do not know their ideology, or their preferred form of government, or if they have a commitment to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, an issue that is incredibly important in the area of Libya. The President has used the United Nations' approval of civil protection to wage an all-out war on Qadhafi, without congressional approval or American support. U.S.…”