Don Nickles: “I happen to be proud of the fact the Senate has bipartisan support for this resolution. The President has worked hard on…”

“I happen to be proud of the fact the Senate has bipartisan support for this resolution. The President has worked hard on it, as well as Senator Lieberman, Senator Warner, Senator McCain, Senator Bayh, and others. I compliment them for that. I look forward to the debate. I think we can have a good debate. We can pass a positive resolution that will reaffirm the United States in saying we believe the resolutions we supported and passed in the United Nations should be enforced. This body and the United Nations have passed several resolutions telling Iraq they must comply, and then not enforcing them, and we have done it year after year. In 1998, we passed a resolution unanimously saying we should enforce the existing resolutions requiring Iraq to disarm. Unfortunately, that resolution was good on paper, but it was not enforced. Now we have an administration that says they are willing to enforce it. I believe this Congress will stand behind President Bush in saying: Yes, we will give you the authorization to enforce it. These resolutions mean something.”