Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I very much appreciate the perspective and sincere thoughts and ideas coming from my good friend from New Mexico. The Senator indicated that those who oppose this are trying to create excuses for why we should ignore the Constitution. I would note that in my remarks this morning I noted specifically that this is not an authorization to use military force against Iran or anyone else. It is a statement of continued commitment to our national defense, and, precisely, it is saying that under the Constitution only Congress may declare war. That is something I said specifically. But the Senator goes on to note--he says that only the Congress-- specifically, his words are ``ignore the Constitution, open the door to war with Iran without a vote.'' President Trump has said he was 10 minutes away from doing just that. Is the Senator saying that if the President were to do what he was contemplating, and that is to take out missile batteries with the potential of the loss of life of as many of 150, but also it could be with a prewarning, with no loss of life, but taking out missile batteries that have fired upon an American aircraft--unmanned American aircraft--if he were to have done that in response to their shooting down an aircraft in international airspace, that constitutes going to war and would have required a vote of Congress to authorize shooting down or attacking missile batteries that have fired rockets at an American airship?…”