I will be very brief. I am obviously disturbed--I know what the Senator from Wisconsin will be presenting shortly. I expect him to offer a resolution to censure the President of the United States--he made those intentions clear yesterday, and I expect him to do that shortly--a censure of the President for defending the United States of America and protecting our homeland security. As I implied in some statements I made publicly yesterday, I do believe this is a political stunt, a political stunt that is addressed at attacking the President of the United States of America when we are at war, when the President is leading us with a program that is lawful, that is constitutional, and that is vital to the safety and security of the American people. It is being offered at a time--with really an attack on what the President is doing--at the same time we have terrorists right now intending to attack Western civilization and, indeed, the people of our homeland. With that being my feeling and the intention being so apparent to me, I do want to make it clear that if that is the case, and if this resolution is offered tonight, we will be ready to vote on that censure resolution tonight. That being the case, then I will offer a unanimous consent request at this juncture. Mr.…
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