Brian Fitzpatrick: “Unfortunately, many presidents that have preceded this one…”

“I'm just curious if you believe that the President needs congressional approval before any potential military action in Cuba. Yeah. Again, follow the law. Right. We have a War Powers act that spells this out, by the way. Unfortunately, many presidents that have preceded this one have violated [the War Powers Act] as well. I was not in Congress then, I am in Congress now. And I'm going to force enforce the law now. You know, under President Obama, we had Libya.” (02:15–02:21)

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