Tom Barrett: “Congress has sole authority to declare war.”

“This is an effort to reclaim Congress's role in the authorization and use of force. Congress has sole authority to declare war. By extension of that authority, we have the right to decide how we are going to go about the use of force. And that's why I introduced this resolution.” (01:14–01:17)

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