[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRESS SHOULD MOVE CAUTIOUSLY ON RESOLUTION REGARDING IRAQ

  (Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, in 1964, a resolution passed this Congress 
which urged the President to take all necessary measures to repel any 
armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent 
further aggression, the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
  Today there is a resolution floating around this Congress that urges 
the President to take all necessary and appropriate actions to respond 
to the threat posed by Iraq. We should remember history. We lost 50,000 
men after we passed that last resolution. We do not have a sensible 
policy with Iraq. We should move cautiously.
  Madam Speaker, I would also urge other Members to be cautious when 
they talk about a surgical strike and assassination. Assassination of 
foreign leaders is still illegal under our law.
  I urge my fellow colleagues, please, be cautious, be careful, and be 
wise when it comes to giving this President the right to wage war. 
Ironically, this President did not respond in the same manner with the 
Gulf of Tonkin resolution.

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