As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It is the responsibility of Congress to deliberate and consult with the executive branch before involving ourselves in a military conflict.

The executive branch maneuvered this result deftly.

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.

I believe that in a case such as this, the legislative branch, the executive branch, ought to err on the side of life, which we have, ... And now we'll watch the courts make their decisions.