[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14175-14176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

 Mr. RUBIO. Mr. President, due to ongoing and urgent recovery 
efforts from Hurricane Irma, which devastated many parts of Florida, I 
am staying in my State to assess the damage and help marshal the full 
capacity of recovery resources available to us. Congress has passed 
authorizations for use of military force, AUMFs, that the President is 
using to fight the war on terror and conduct counterterrorism 
operations against our enemies. This includes the Islamic State, which 
the State Department recently reaffirmed is guilty of genocide, and 
other terrorist groups that continue to pose

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grave and persistent threats to the United States and our allies.
  Paul amendment No. 871 would repeal these critical congressionally 
passed AUMFs, so I therefore oppose this amendment.
  (At the request of Mr. Schumer, the following statement was ordered 
to be printed in the Record.)

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