[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10009]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CUT OFF FUNDS TO PRESIDENT'S WAR IN LIBYA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, America's third war continues. The 
President's little war in Libya is unconstitutional and it also 
violates the War Powers Resolution. Even the administration says Libya 
is not a national security risk to America.
  So why are we at war in Libya? Because the French want us there? Mr. 
Speaker, don't you think we've done enough for the French in World War 
I, World War II, and even in Indochina, what we now call Vietnam?
  The United States should not be involved in Libya's civil war. The 
cost has been over $700 million to the American taxpayer. Mr. Speaker, 
don't you think that money, that millions of dollars could be better 
spent building America instead of blowing up Libya?
  And who are these rebels in Libya that we are supporting? Of course 
Omar Qadhafi is a tyrant, but we may end up replacing an oppressive 
regime with an extremist radical regime. Now, isn't that lovely?
  Congress should cut off all American funds to the President's little 
war in Libya.
  And that's just the way it is.

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