Mike Gallagher: “Actually, it takes a lot to get me to come down to these things, but I have been deeply troubled by some of the rhetoric…”

“Actually, it takes a lot to get me to come down to these things, but I have been deeply troubled by some of the rhetoric I have been hearing about this. In fact, I was deeply troubled after yesterday when my colleagues, many of them, left a classified briefing only to immediately and recklessly trash the quality of intelligence they received, and in some cases, suggest there was no imminent threat from Soleimani. To suggest that would require you to ignore the death of Americans recently in Iraq, as well as ignore the history of Soleimani's campaign of terror across the Middle East. We learned this weekend, while this body was still in recess and before anyone had reviewed any of the classified information, that it was the intention of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to introduce this flawed War Powers Resolution without having even seen any of the underlying intelligence. That suggests that this is not a serious effort. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brown of Maryland). The time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Wisconsin an additional 30 seconds.”