Honorable Keith Ellison
U.S. Representative, Minnesota, Democrat
Representative Ellison, of the Fifth District of Minnesota, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2006. He serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from his statement during the July 27, 2010, House floor debate on House Concurrent Resolution 301, directing the president to remove U.S. Armed Forces from Pakistan. Let there never be another war, military conflict, or armed hostilities involving U.S. military personnel that is not openly debated, expressly authorized and consented to, and scrupulously overseen by this Congress. We are the Congress. It is our job to do…
