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Jim Himes: “We started a war without congressional approval.”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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Himes Calls Out Republicans for Wasting Time, Ignoring Affordability.

Published | Video Starts at 00:14

I'm not going to frame this as a parliamentary inquiry, but I'm very, very confused. We've just gotten back from a two month paid vacation in which federal employees didn't get paid, in which We started a war without congressional approval. in which electricity prices went up for 70 million Americans, in which inflation is rocking along at three and a half percent. So I thought we were going to be in this chamber talking about affordability. (00:14–00:18)

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Asserts that a war was initiated without the approval of Congress.

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