Cory Booker: “Congress has a duty. Congress has a job not just to sort of…”

“This is a sobered moment for our nation in which a president by himself, unilaterally has made a decision to bring our country into this conflict, to put American lives at risk. And indeed, we now have lost some. Congress has a duty. Congress has a job not just to sort of let this go, but to stand up and allow there to be debates. The most deliberative body in the world should be having deliberations, should have hearings. There should be transparency to those hearings.” (17:52–18:01)

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