Today I did not support the continuing resolution and the amendment to fund Syrian opposition forces. The continuing resolution is basically kicking the fiscal can down the road. The House has been doing its job, passing seven appropriations bills that would fund the Federal Government. These bills are sitting in Harry Reid’s Senate collecting dust. Because the Senate is failing to do their job, we are forced to pass a resolution to keep the government running for 72 days? There is no reason we should have reached this point. It is unacceptable. I could not support the amendment funding the Syrian opposition forces, because it does not address the true threat – the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Instead, it creates the potential to involve the U.S. more deeply in the Syrian civil war. Furthermore, the amendment was too vague in how it would vet the Free Syrian Army members who receive our equipment; much less what equipment they would receive. I believe the President should seek new Congressional authority that is narrow in focus, duration and scope coupled with a strategy that will defeat ISIL and not embroil the U.S. in a seemingly endless, larger conflict.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 00:09:18 +0000
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