Peters: “Voting to send our sons and daughters to war is the most important, and the heaviest, responsibility that a member of Congress bears.”
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"Thank you,
"Voting to send our sons and daughters to war is the most important, and the heaviest, responsibility that a member of
"And yet, today, our warfighters are serving in harm's way in places that have never been named in any declaration of war and facing adversaries that cannot be found in any authorization of military force.
"The Framers, in their wisdom, separated the power to declare war from the power to wage it. But,
"Ceding war powers to the President is a way for us to play it safe. In avoiding a declaration of war, and in keeping force authorizations vague and malleable, we can blame the President when things go wrong. But we must not shirk our Constitutional responsibility in favor of political expediency. We owe it to our servicemembers and their families to roll up our sleeves and have this debate.
"This is not a partisan issue, nor is it new.
"The world has changed since we last declared war in 1942. Our adversaries often wear no uniform and swear allegiance to no nation. The technology of war has evolved in ways that would be unrecognizable to the Framers. Our military can impact world affairs in an instant with a drone strike directed remotely from inside
"I know that our witnesses have spent a lot of time considering these issues and I am eager to hear their views. I want to know more about the cost of Congressional inaction and ideas for reasserting our Constitutional authorities. I am heartened by the bipartisan engagement today and hopeful that we can find solutions together."
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