Blank Quote by Barbara Lee

When Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force immediately after the 9/11 attacks, no one could have imagined this authorization would…

— Peter Bergen

Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed.

— Joe Biden

I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor.…

— Bob Graham

It is true that I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, because when I campaigned in Texas I told voters in Texas that…

— Ted Cruz

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long…

— Barbara Boxer

In 2013 I voted against military intervention in Syria.

— Crispin Blunt

I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional.

— Fred Korematsu

I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.

— John F. Kerry

I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power.

— Chris Murphy

I voted to send people to war.

— Paul Ryan

I know firsthand what a vote to authorize war means to the lives of American families.

— Mike Thompson

We have gone into a war, an unelected president sending us into a war that the Congress frankly had no right, I believe, to…

— Carol Moseley Braun