Elise Stefanik

He is going to stand strong for the American people.

And the president of the United States is a political figure.

Of course, he's going to be engaged in politics when he's politically attacked.

I don't want to see the pope get involved in domestic politics.

What I think we can highlight as Catholics for myself is the increased number of new Catholics entering the church.

And that's a great success for the Catholic Church long term.

Mr. Speaker, as co-sponsor of this War Powers Resolution, this debate is making me sick.

The lies and colleagues who are so weak that they won't enforce the Constitution to rein in a president who is clearly out of control.

As we sit here, thousands of civilians are dead, 13 service members have been killed, hundreds have been injured with brain injuries whose lives will never be the same, millions of people displaced, and our American bases bombed.

And for what?

having been led into an illegal war by a madman who is attacking the Pope, threatening war crimes and implicated in the Epstein files and who can't explain why we were there or what happens the day after.

That is why it is time to end this war, to stand with our troops and to stand with the American people.

So we must pass this resolution and end this war now.

I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages.

I have concerns.

We have a role in Congress of oversight over our treatments of prisoners.

And I believe that we're seeing the weaponization of the federal government against not just President Trump, but we're seeing it against conservatives.

We're seeing it against Catholics.

And that's one of the reasons why I'm so proud to serve on the select committee on the weaponization of the government, because the American people want answers.

They want transparency.