Political Quotes

“Well, here is my view about that. I think the President would be wise to include the Congress. I am a conservative who thinks the War Powers Act is unconstitutional. I find it odd that our party for all of these years has railed against the War Powers Act until President Obama is in office, and all of a sudden we are great champions of the War Powers Act. But what I would say is that it would be wise for the President to consult with the Congress and for us to be united. And if you do believe in the War Powers Act, he has to, within a period of time, come back to get our approval to continue. I think whatever the President needs to do to defend us against a nuclear-capable Iran is best made by the Commander in Chief consulting with the Congress. But you can't have 535 commanders in chief. Back to the sanctions bill. The problem I have is that it is silent on a concept on which we all agree, and I don't want to create a document before the negotiations Tuesday that doesn't include something beyond sanctions to change the Iranian behavior that we all want to avoid. And this says: It is the sense of the Congress that the goal of compelling Iran to abandon efforts to acquire nuclear weapons capability and other threatening activities can be effectively achieved through--it goes through 10 pages talking about sanctions, and not once does it mention the possibility of military force, and that is what I want to add, that concept. With that, I will yield the floor.…”