Marino Calls on Obama to Request Congressional Authorization

Williamsport, PA—Congressman Tom Marino, PA-10, Lycoming County issued the following statement regarding misconceptions about Congress’s authority in combatting ISIS in Iraq and Syria:

“I am frustrated to hear some of my colleagues, news reports and talking heads drag on about British parliament’s actions with Prime Minister Cameron. Their government is fundamentally different. News anchors should know that. Our government allows the President to request action from Congress. If Obama wants a new authorization for military actions against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, than he, the Commander in Chief, needs to ask us for one. But I doubt he will. He and his party colleagues are too focused on political outcomes during the midterms which are little more than a month away. There are hawks in Congress and there are doves, but all members will heed the call of our duties if the President chooses to lead.”

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