>>> I LIKE THE IDEA OF KEEPING CONGRESS ABREAST BUT I WOULDN’T
HAVE TO DO THAT.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. NANCY PELOSI ACTUALLY SAID YOU
MUST HAVE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
SO YOU DISAGREE WITH HER ON
THAT?
THAT? >> I DISAGREE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO
DISAGREE, BUT I DO LIKE KEEPING
THEM -- THEY HAVE IDEAS THAT --
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THEY’LL COME
UP WITH SOME THOUGHTS I ACTUALLY
LEARNED A COUPLE OF THINGS THE
OTHER DAY WHILE WE HAD OUR
MEETING WITH CONGRESS WHICH I
THINK IS HELPFUL TO ME.
BUT I DO LIKE KEEPING THEM
ABREAST BUT ABREAST BUT
I DON’T HAVE TO DO TO ILLEGALLY.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE DOES
NOT NEED TO GET CONGREGATIONAL
APPROVAL TO LAUNCH A MILITARY
AGAINST IRAN.
AGAINST IRAN. JOINING US NOW FROM MARYLAND, A
VETERAN OF THE IRAQ WAR AND
RECEIVED THE BRONZE STAR.
HE IS SET IS TO JOIN A
BIPARTISAN POSITION IN THE HOUSE
THAT WOULD PREVENT A WAR WITH
IRAN ON THE BASIS OF 2001
AUTHORIZATION OF THE USE OF
MILITARY FORCE.
MILITARY FORCE. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
THIS HAS BEEN A DEBATE GOING ON
30 YEARS, 40 YEARS.
AT WHAT POINT DOES CONGRESS TAKE
ITS POWER BACK?
>> TODAY, I’M JOINING OTHER
REPRESENTS IN AN BIPARTISAN
EFFORT.
EFFORT. WE ARE GOING TO CLEARLY STATE IN
THIS AMENDMENT THAT THE 2001
AUMF THAT ALLOWED US TO GO INTO
AFGHANISTAN AGAINST THE TALIBAN
AND AL QAEDA DOES NOT A FLY IF
THE PRESIDENT MAKES A DECISION
TO INTRODUCE FORCE IN OR AROUND
IRAN.
IRAN. IF THAT IS HIS INTENTION, HE HAS
TO CONFER WITH CONGRESS AND
UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES WILL
HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. NOW, WE HAVE A GROWING
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LEGISLATURES
WILLING TO ENFORCE THAT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN IN THE HOUSE.
I’M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN THE
SENATE BUT THAT IS OUR GOAL.
>> CONGRESSMAN BROWN, WHAT DO
YOU ANTICIPATE IF DONALD TRUMP
HAD TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WAR AND
PASS A NEW AUMF.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO RALLY
SUPPORT FOR ANOTHER WAR ON
ANOTHER FRONT?
ANOTHER FRONT? >> THESE ARE ALL CONDITION
BASED.
BASED. IF THERE IS AN ATTACK AGAINST
U.S. TERRITORY POSSESSIONS OR
THE ARMED FORCES.
CLEARLY, HE WOULD HAVE SUPPORT
IN ORDER FOR AMERICANS.
IN THIS ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
EAST. THE CHAOS WE WITNESSED LAST WEEK
WITH THE DECISION TO LAUNCH A
STRIKE AND AT THE LAST MINUTE TO
REVOKE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS, HE’S
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CLEAR
CASE.
CASE. HE’S GOT TO MAKE IT FIRST AND
FOREMOST TO CONGRESS BUT HE
OUGHT TO MAKE IT FEVERIOUSLY
WITH GETTING THE SUPPORT.
>> HELP US BOTTOM LINE WHAT WE
ARE WATCHING.
ARE WATCHING. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE NERVOUS AND HAVE
FRESH IN THEIR MIND THE MEMORY
OF THE IRAQ WAR AND THE FAULTY
INTELLIGENCE THAT LED TO SO MANY
DEATHS IN THAT COUNTRY THERE IN
IRAQ.
IRAQ. WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF CONCERN
THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN ARMED
CONFLICT NOW?
CONFLICT NOW? >> MY CONCERN IS THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO STUMBLE
INTO WAR.
INTO WAR. THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE RECEIVED
BRIEFINGS ABOUT MA LINED
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. KEEP IN MIND, THEY’VE BEEN
ENGAGED IN THIS BEHAVIOR FOR 30
YEARS.
YEARS. WITH THE ESCALATION OF THE U.S.
PRESIDENT, NAVAL VESSELS,
INTELLIGENCE ASSETS.
INTELLIGENCE ASSETS. AUTOMATIC OF THIS BEING REPORTED
BY THE ADMINISTRATION, YOU RUN
THE RISK THAT HE’S GOING TO
STRIKE AGAINST IRAN.
IT COULD BE IN ANY DOMAIN.
THAT IRAN, WHICH IS VERY
UNPREDICTABLE WHICH WOULD IN
TURN LEAD TO A RESPONSE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS WOULD
BE MUCH MORE COSTLY THAN IT WAS
IN IRAQ.
IN IRAQ. IRAN AND READY AND ABLE TO
RESPOND TO MILITARY ACTION BY
THE UNITED STATES, IT WILL BE
COSTLY.
COSTLY. >> CONGRESSMAN, WHAT IS THE
STATUS OF THE BILL.
$4.5 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR THE
CRISIS AT THE BORDER.
WHERE DOES IT STAND.
THAT IS GOING TO HAVE FUNDING
FOR THE MEDICAL NEEDS, ADEQUATE
SHELTER NEED AND FOOD ADDRESSING
THIS HORRIFIC CONDITION.
THERE IS A CRISIS AT THE BORDER
NOT CREATED SOLELY BY THE FACT
THAT MIGRANTS ARE MOVING NORTH
IT IS CREATED BY THIS CREW
POLICY OF DETERRENTS.
>> YOU’VE REPORTED ON IT TODAY
BY THE CLINTON FACILITY.
>> NO ONE SHOULD VOTE AGAINST
THIS.
THIS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SUPPORTING THE
BORDER WALL OR A MORE ROBUST
I.C.E. OR BORDER PROTECTION
ACTIVITY.
ACTIVITY. THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING DIRECT
RELIEF.
RELIEF. MEDICAL, FOOD, SHELTER AND NEED.
AS WE TALK THROUGH WITH ALL
MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS AND
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE, MORE AND MORE ARE
BEGINNING TO SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT.
EFFORT. THIS IS NOT ABOUT A BORDER WALL
OR MORE I.C.E. ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS ABOUT CHILDREN LIVING IN
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS WE NEED TO
ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY.
ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS
TO BE POINTED OUT IS THE WAY
TRUMP SELECTIVELY BLAMES
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. HE DOESN’T NEED CONGRESS WHEN HE
NEEDS TO BUILD A WALL, HE JUST
GOES IN AND RAIDS AND EXERTS
EXTREME EXECUTIVE POWER.
THEN WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT DON’T
HAVE SOAP OR TOOTHBRUSHES, HE
SAYS IT IS CONGRESS’S FAULT
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T GIVEN ME
THE MONEY.
THE MONEY. THAT ALONE SHOULD IGNITE THE
CONGRESS.
CONGRESS. HOW DARE HE BLAME CONGRESS WHEN
HE IGNORES CONGRESS WHEN HE
NEEDS BILLIONS AND BILLIONS TO
CAMPAIGN ON ON THE SUBJECT OF
THE WAR.
THE WAR. >> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, LOOK.
THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON HOW WE
SECURE THE BORDER.
PRESIDENT WANTS A MAGNIFICENT
BORDER WALL.
BORDER WALL. WE BELIEVE WE CAN VEST IN OTHER
TECHNOLOGY AND 21st CENTURY
TECHNIQUES.
TECHNIQUES. CONGRESS HAS NO OBJECTION TO.
THIS WEEK, IF NOT TODAY, WE WILL
INTRODUCE A SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATION TO ADDRESS THE
CRISIS.
CRISIS. IT IS HORRIFIC THE REPORTS ABOUT
CHILDREN IN DIRTY CLOTHES
WITHOUT TOOTH PASTE, WITHOUT
TOILET PAPER, WITHOUT TOWELS.
MT
MT AT McALLEN, THOSE CONDITIONS ARE
BAD.
BAD. WHAT I SAW FAILS AS TO WHAT HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
BEEN REPORTED. >> STILL AHEAD, JOE BIDEN FACED
CRITICISM FROM HOPEFULS LAST
WEEK OVER HIS COMMENTS ABOUT
WORKING WITH SEGREGATIONIST
SENATORS.
SENATORS. THE FORMER VP IS STILL SITTING
AT THE TOP OF THE POLLS.
THE NUMBER TWO DEMOCRAT IN THE