[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         WHERE IS OUR AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE?

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on August 8 of this year, we 
went to war with ISIL. Since that day, we have launched over 1,700 
airstrikes, we have put thousands of men and women in harm's way, we 
have committed billions of dollars, and the President has said this 
effort will take years.
  Many of my colleagues and I have waited patiently for Congress to 
deliberate on the Authorization for Use of Military Force; yet all of 
these months later, we have not had a single debate. We recessed this 
summer without debate. We passed a defense bill last week without 
debate. And now, once again, we are leaving town without debate.
  Mr. Speaker, it is the duty of this Congress to make determinations 
of war and peace, and we are shamefully ducking this responsibility. 
America deserves better.

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