[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO PREVENT EXPANSION OF AMERICAN MILITARY 
              INTERVENTION WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

  (Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, we have troops in 144 countries of the world 
today. President Clinton has announced that he will now send troops to 
Kosovo. We are bombing in Iraq on a daily basis. We have been in Bosnia 
now for three years, although we were supposed to be there for six 
months. We should not go into Kosovo; we should not go there, 
absolutely, without congressional approval.
  I have introduced legislation that will prevent the President from 
sending troops to further expand our intervention around the world 
without congressional approval. This is very, very important. We are 
spending so much money on intervention in so many countries around the 
world at the same time our national defense is being diminished. Worst 
of all, the President is planning to put these thousands of troops 
under a British commander.
  It is time we took it upon ourselves to exert our authority to 
restrain the President in spreading troops around the world.

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