[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           A ``NO'' VOTE ON PRESIDENT'S AUTHORIZATION REQUEST

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, when we send our soldiers into harm's 
way, we have a solemn obligation to back them with the full might and 
resources that our country can muster and to give them the widest 
possible latitude for action. MacArthur was right:

       In war, there is no substitute for victory.

  The President proposes something very different: war by half measure; 
war on the cheap; war with dangerous restrictions on our troops; war 
with no clear objective other than to pull out in 3 years.
  I will not vote for the authorization that the President has 
requested. Given his obvious irresolution, I think the best immediate 
course for the United States is to assure that the regional powers 
currently engaged against the Islamic State have the material support 
they require.

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