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Henry Cuellar: “Some of us followed a 30 day where Congress should come in…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) & Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-FL) on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 00:30

We're coming up on that deadline now here. What's your assessment of the current situation? Yeah, when you look at the 1973 war powers, it talked about 60 days. So Some of us followed a 30 day where Congress should come in and play a role. I just felt that at that time, when our men and women were out there, you got to look at the military operations, the realities on the ground. (00:30–00:37)

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Asserts that some members of Congress believe a 30-day period is appropriate for Congress to intervene in military actions.

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