[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H8180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   17TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2001 AUMF

  (Ms. LEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow marks the 17th year since Congress 
passed the 2001 AUMF, which has become a blank check for endless war. I 
would like to read part of the speech I delivered on September 14, 
2001, because these words remain true and relevant today.
  I said: ``Mr. Speaker, I rise really with a very heavy heart, one 
that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were 
killed and injured this week.
  ``September 11 changed the world. Our deepest fears now haunt us. Yet 
I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of 
international terrorism against the United States.
  ``This resolution will pass, although we all know that the President 
can wage a war, even without it. However difficult this vote may be, 
some of us must urge the use of restraint. Some of us must say, let us 
step back for a moment. Let us just pause for a minute and think 
through the implications of our actions today, so that this does not 
spiral out of control.
  ``I have agonized over this vote, but I came to grips with it today. 
I came to grips with opposing this resolution during the very painful, 
yet very beautiful memorial service. As a member of the clergy so 
eloquently said, as we act, let us not become the evil that we 
deplore.''
  Now, 17 years later, I am asking my colleagues to join me in 
repealing this overly-broad resolution by cosponsoring H.R. 1229.

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