Political Quotes

“we are at war with Venezuela. Last night, the President declared a naval blockade of Venezuela. This is an act of war. The President has said that strikes on land are imminent. He is dragging us into a war that the American people do not want and that the Congress did not authorize. Mr. Speaker, Americans are asking: Why? Is it about the drugs? It can't be about the drugs because he just pardoned one of the largest drug traffickers in U.S. history. Is it about fentanyl? Venezuela doesn't traffic fentanyl. One can't say that it is because Nicholas Maduro is a dictator. He certainly is a dictator, and the Venezuelan people deserve better, but so is Mohammed bin Salman, who is a leader the President praises all the time. Mr. Speaker, you can't say that it is about communism, because China is one of our largest trading partners. So what is this war about? It is about regime change, power, graft, oil, and land. Yesterday, the President told us he wants to seize the oil and the land. The President has no plans to address rising grocery prices, healthcare prices, childcare prices, and rent that is going up. Instead of attacking Venezuela, he should be attacking those high prices. These are issues that Americans want us to focus on, but, instead, he is sending American servicemembers into an illegal war. We have been down this path before. The vote to authorize the Iraq war came to define the legacy of every Member of the 107th Congress. That vote came to haunt many.”