[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 
                  AND THE WAR POWERS CONSULTATION ACT

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, today, I will be introducing two bills to 
address the most pressing national security threat since 9/11, the 
rapid advances made in ISIS in Iraq and Syria, as well as territorial 
gains made by al Qaeda-affiliated groups in Libya, Nigeria, and 
Somalia.
  We are seeing perhaps the largest ever territorial gains by terrorist 
groups in the Middle East and north Africa. If we learned any lesson 
from 
9/11, it is that wherever terrorist groups find safe haven to train and 
plot, the United States and our allies will inevitably be targeted.
  The purpose of this authorization is to end any ambiguity about the 
President's authority or the Congress' support for a U.S.-led 
international coalition to take action against this threat.
  Passage of this bill also would send a strong message to our allies 
that the U.S. intends to confront and defeat this threat. The Congress 
has a responsibility and a constitutional obligation to take an up-or-
down vote on this.

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