On the recordJune 3, 2011
The Speaker is to be commended for bringing these two bills to the floor. Unfortunately, we have a President who cared more about what the Arab League and the U.N. thought than he did his own elected Congress. We've been kept in the dark about the basis for his decisions, and I voted ``no'' on our Speaker's bill because he didn't need any more time. The President should be aware, Madam Speaker, that there are an awful lot of people who are ready to switch their votes and to vote ``yes.'' I would prefer that we not do it through the War Powers. We could do like the Democrats did in '74 and just cut off the spending. It is ridiculous. He said we'd enforce a no-fly zone. That's it. We wouldn't put ground troops in Libya. He said that NATO was going to take over and that we wouldn't be that involved. Wrong on all counts. We know from the rules of the House the President wouldn't lie, but he sure is misrepresenting things. ____________________
