Mr. Speaker, the one role that the Trump administration has acknowledged Congress must, must play is to vote on funding this war. There are reports that a request is coming to us for as much as $200 billion to pay for his [President Trump's] initiative. Let me be clear. This body is not and should not be a rubber stamp that forces the cost onto taxpayers for war decisions which were made outside the law. (03:48–03:56)
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