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control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from hawaii. ms. gabbard: thank you, mr. speaker. make no mistake, authorization in section 1225 of the underlying bill authorizes the u.s. military to go to war with iran. this is one of the main reasons i voted against this bill in committee is specifically because of this provision that authorizes the secretary of defense and the secretary of state that, quote, development and implement a strategy to counter the destabizing activities of iran, end of quote. the provision does not define what destabilizization acts our -- they want our troops and taxpayer dollars to fight. it does not define a clear end state to achieve. it shuts the american people out of the decision entirely. by giving unilateral power and unending authorization to counter iran through this and future administrations without defining in any way, shape, or form what the objective really is it sidelines congress and the american people entirely with the only requirement being that the administration reports to congress after their plan is being implement