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On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
So when our good colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that this was illegal and unconstitutional, meanwhile knowing that the Authorization of Use of Military Force, whether we agree with it or not it is in statute right now, in a combat theater where we are authorized to be by that AUMF, by votes of Congress, signed by a President, with an armed combatant who, by the way, as you probably know, is listed on the terrorist list by the United States and others and is not supposed to be out of Iran, his home country.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Jan 9, 2020

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