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Veronica Escobar: “It is Congress that authorizes the kind of strike [the…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Published June 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 18:32

A deal Donald Trump tore up during his first administration. I hope the President remembers that Congress. It is Congress that authorizes the kind of strike [the President] is talking about. I just signed a War Powers resolution, a bipartisan war powers resolution today, signed onto it to remind the President that it is Congress who makes these decisions. (18:32–18:39)

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Asserts that Congress has the authority to authorize military strikes.

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