Mark Warner: “Indeed, I say to my colleague, Congress has been inactive on a number of occasions when we sent our troops abroad and…”

“Indeed, I say to my colleague, Congress has been inactive on a number of occasions when we sent our troops abroad and expended our taxpayers' money. That is one of the purposes of this bill. To establish a precedent of inaction not conceived by the Founding Fathers--indeed, we are given coequal powers. I want to go back to the bill itself, on page 71, ``congressional priority procedures,'' and ``joint resolutions, defined.'' I interpret that clause in the Byrd-Warner language that only one Senator is required, I say to my distinguished colleague. One Senator can bring forth that resolution. I commit to you that I will be that Senator, if necessary. So there will not be, in my judgment, inaction by the Congress after the President sends his report up.”