Mr. SKAGGS. I yield at this time 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. PAUL).
The CHAIRMAN. Gentleman from Texas is recognized for 1 minute.
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Mr. PAUL.
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and
I appreciate very much his work in this
effort.
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This is very important
part of this legislation. This is not
BESTEA, but it’s “best part.” By far 3002 of this bill is the best part
of this entire bill. The only thing I
would like to add is that the money
being spent in Bosnia and Iraq, $1.8 billion,
shouldn’t be spent there either,
because I’m frightened that we will
put our men in harm’s way and then a
situation will occur, and it will be virtually
impossible for the Congress to
turn down acceleration and amplification
of the conflict over there.
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It was stated
that only five times we have declared
war in our history. True. But who’s
going to stand here and say that men
that died in Vietnam and in Korea weren’t in a war? They were illegal. They
were unconstitutional. This is a very
sound effort to bring back once again
the constitutional responsibility of all
of us to declare war, and only Congress
can do that.
