Washington, DC – This morning, President Obama sent Congress a plan to authorize the use of force against ISIS. Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) gave the following response after reviewing the proposal:
“Congress has been ducking its Constitutional responsibility to authorize this war so I am pleased that the President is now forcing Congress to do its job. However, I cannot support this authorization as written. It leaves in place the Bush-era open ended authorization that led to so much harm. And it contains very vague language that leaves open the possibility that a future president could justify the reintroduction of ground troops without geographic limits and without further debate and authorization by Congress.” –Peter Welch (D-VT)
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Ryan Nickel
Communications Director, Rep. Peter Welch (VT-At Large)
(202) 225 4115
