… Services and Foreign Relations Committees, I've never heard the suggestion that Cuba poses an imminent security threat to the United States. And I think it is an accepted fact that There is currently no war authorization passed by Congress that would authorize military actions against Cuba. And so, using the privileged provision of the War Powers Resolution, I have filed this together with my colleagues to say we should not be at war, we should not be engaged in hostilities with Cuba unless there's a Congressional debate and vote. (00:54–01:02)
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Asserts that Congress has not authorized military actions against Cuba.
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