So I will say very, very, very clearly, yes, I wish I would have been cons, I wish my vote would have been asked for before this. But the President did act within his legal bounds to do what he has done. And The vote that we're taking this afternoon would simply say, president, you must stop immediately what you're doing. Well, imagine what that would do to our troops. Imagine how the families who lost their loved ones in this war would feel if we simply stopped and pulled away from what we're doing. (02:34–02:40)
CLAIM
Asserts that the War Powers Act vote would require the President to stop current military actions.
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