W. Weldon: “I rise with a great deal of disappointment. I have the highest respect for my good friend from Missouri. I think he is a…”

“I rise with a great deal of disappointment. I have the highest respect for my good friend from Missouri. I think he is a great American. I would join with him in a heartbeat if this were a resolution honoring our troops, and the gentleman knows if that were the case, that resolution would pass this body 435 to zip with no dissenters. But if we took the resolution and if we want to honor the President, which is evidently what some on the other side want to do, then let us have that vote. Take out the troops and just honor the President for his role. I would say this to my colleagues: That would not pass this body. That resolution would not pass this body. So what do we have here? We have a resolution where we are using the patriotic troops as the cover, as the cover to allow a Commander in Chief with a policy that is being questioned by Members on both sides of the aisle in this body to be able to have him say that we praised him for his actions. If my colleagues want to have the vote on supporting the President's actions, then have the guts to have that vote separately. Let us see how and whether Congress comes out in terms of whether or not they agree that this President did a good job. Let us have that debate.”