The SPEAKER pro tempore. For what purpose does the gentleman from Texas rise?
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Mr. PAUL.
I ask unanimous consent to address the House for 1 minute.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, so ordered.
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Mr. PAUL.
Madam Speaker, in 1964, a
resolution passed this Congress which
urged the President to take all necessary
measures to repel any armed attack
against the forces of the United
States and to prevent further aggression,
the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
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Today there is a resolution floating
around this Congress that urges the
President to take all necessary and appropriate
actions to respond to the
threat posed by Iraq. We should remember
history. We lost 50,000 men
after we passed that last resolution. We
don’t have a sensible policy with Iraq. We should move cautiously.
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And I would also urge
other Members to be cautious when
they talk about a surgical strike and
assassination. Assassination of foreign
leaders is still illegal under our law.
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Please, my fellow colleagues,
be cautious, be careful, and be wise
when it comes to giving this President
the right to wage war. Ironically, this
President did not respond in the same
manner with the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
