On the recordDecember 31, 1990
It was an exercise of political courage and personal decency for Tom to agree to bring the resolution up for an open debate and recorded vote under those circumstances.
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congress.govIt was an exercise of political courage and personal decency for Tom to agree to bring the resolution up for an open debate and recorded vote under those circumstances.
Wright praised Foley's courage in allowing a debate on military intervention.
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I want to make the world a better place for my children, their children, and their children's children.
The House demonstrated to the world that it was truly a deliberative and democratic body.
When there were issues upon which we could not agree, we could at least use common courtesy in the way we conducted our politics.
I implored Tom to bring to the House floor a resolution that Steve Solarz of New York and I had introduced authorizing then-President Bush to engage in military action in Operation Desert Storm.