I joined the US Navy, and we find ourselves in the first Gulf War. That. That's a war that didn't last all that long. And, and It's taken this long to finally do our job, to engage in this act of what I like to call legislative hygiene and not just authorizing wars, but actually bringing them to a close, bringing this forever war to a close. Well, you've been a great partner in this. And we say we're really persuasive, but we're sort of slowly persuasive because on this journey, we've had times where the Senate has passed a bill, but not the House. (00:46–01:02)
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Asserts that repealing old war authorizations is an act of legislative hygiene and ends a 'forever war.'
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