[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 154 (Friday, November 18, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  A REPORT PREPARED BY EUGENE B. KOGAN

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                          HON. DIANE E. WATSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 18, 2005

  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to bring to the attention of my 
colleagues a report prepared by Eugene B. Kogan on the role of Congress 
in the implementation of U.S. foreign policy. Mr. Kogan is the John 
Kenneth Galbraith Fellow at the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA). 
The report is entitled The War Congress: Shouldering the 
Responsibilities of A U.S. Global Role.
  Mr. Kogan's report is particularly timely in the aftermath of 
September 11, 2001, and the U.S. intervention in Iraq. The report 
focuses on the role of Congress in these two seminal events and its 
abdication of effective oversight over the Bush administration's 
foreign policy decisions.
  Mr. Kogan states in the report: ``The lack of congressional oversight 
over the Bush Administration's foreign policy can compromise the 
ability of the United States to build a more secure world. 
Accountability is eroded in wartime, and the war on terrorism is not 
any different, except that it will shape America's world role for the 
next half a century or more. In this critical period of U.S. history, 
it is important for Congress to exercise its Constitutional 
responsibility by holding the Executive Branch accountable for its 
foreign policy decisions.''
  Congress plays a vital role in the formulation of our Nation's 
foreign policy. I commend Mr. Kogan's report to my colleagues as they 
consider the future congressional role in the war on terrorism and U.S. 
intervention in Iraq.

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