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Repealing the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002

Floor Speech

Date: June 17, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense

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Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from New York, Chairman

Gregory Meeks, for the time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of Congresswoman Barbara Lee's resolution to repeal the outdated 2002 AUMF, which was used to start the Iraq war, which killed more than 4,500 American soldiers and approximately 200,000 Iraqi civilians.

As the chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus, I worked with Congresswoman Lee and our former colleague, Lynn Woolsey, to end the Iraq war and bring our troops home.

The Iraq war finally ended in December 2011. We cannot allow this outdated AUMF to be used as a blank check for future wars. It is long past time for Congress to reassert its constitutional role in authorizing and providing oversight over United States military action.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill.

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