Congressman Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Though no one wants war, Congress needed to give the President the authority he needs to protect America while encouraging the use of diplomacy…

— Allen Boyd

The Constitution states that Congress alone has the authority to decide if we go to war. Unfortunately, from Syria to Somalia to Niger, Republicans…

— Nancy Mace

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

— Daniel Ellsberg

So I think that if we want to have a Congress, if we want to have government that looks like America, if we want…

— Carol Moseley Braun

Congress has a constitutional right to help decide and limit how the country uses its military power. But to assert this right, the legislature…

— Tom Malinowski

The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.

— Ted Cruz

I am Congress; I'm president.

— Waka Flocka Flame

When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.

— Robert Reich

The Congress is a power-oriented party.

— Sharad Pawar

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

— Rashida Tlaib

I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask…

— Bashar al-Assad

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had…

— Abraham Lincoln