On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
My first opportunity in speaking today is to make sure that we honor all the men and women who are wearing uniforms in the United States military, as Congresswoman Lee has said, her family members and many family members who served. What we do know is we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We supported Congresswoman Lee in the rational position to have the inspection go forth, to know what was going on. The only thing we secured was an endless war. In the question of Iran, Mr. Ro Khanna's position is right. If there is any need to defend us in Iran, the War Powers Resolution allows a President to do that if we are defending ourselves against attacks or if there are hostilities. We need to address this in a constitutional way. Article I says that Congress declares war. The endless war that has carried on, for those of us who have been to Iraq and then Afghanistan realize that our soldiers deserve the dignity of a debate when they should go to war. Let me say to those who were injured by Iran: It is not just a side hit, if you will. These soldiers have been hit. We honor them. We should have a Congress to stand up if we go to war, not use this resolution. It should be repealed. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
