Country Quote by Tom Malinowski

The Constitution places the responsibility on Congress for setting the size of the U.S. military, ensuring sufficient resources are in place to train and…

— Mac Thornberry

No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

Congress has powers, and they are an important check on the other branches of government.

— Nancy Mace

Congress has created and funded a huge peacetime military that has substantial abilities to wage offensive operations, and it has not placed restrictions on…

— John Yoo

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

No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may…

— Daniel Webster

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

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It…

— Charles B. Rangel

The Congress is pretty powerful if it wants to be.

— Newt Gingrich

It's government's job to respect and protect the rights of the individual. That vision is centrally important to the principle put forth by the…

— Bill Sali

I believe that the power to declare war is most important in limiting the powers of the national government in regard to the rights…

— John Yoo

The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.

— Benjamin Wittes