Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He chairs the Armed Services Committee and sits on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee. The following is from the September 13, 2017, Senate floor debate on an amendment to H.R. 2819, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, offered by Senator Rand Paul (KY-R). I want to discuss the amendment, which has to do with the importance of the authorization for use of military force in the ongoing…
