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Steve Cohen: It is the responsibility of the President and Congress to keep us safe, and the Founding Fathers knew that the…

On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
It is the responsibility of the President and Congress to keep us safe, and the Founding Fathers knew that the collective wisdom of the people's Representatives was better at doing that than one person. I just visited the SCIF and there is still not any report on any imminent danger claim that might have been made. The American people and Congress deserve to know what the threat allegedly was, given the inevitability of Iranian retaliation. The two greatest powers Congress has are impeachment and declarations of war. We are here today on both of those issues because of a reckless, lawless, and impetuous President. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Jan 9, 2020

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