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The Quincy Award for Responsible Statecraft - 2021 Recipients Sens. Lee, Murphy, and Sanders and Reps. McGovern and Meijer

2 Dec 2021

McGovern and Meijer In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department. [...] Increasingly, American national security strategy was not the product of a constitutional process designed to ensure that American interests were being represented and served, but rather the wills and whims of the president and his national security advisors. [...] The recipients of the Quincy Award for Responsible Statecraft for 2021—the Americans who best exemplify the moral courage and strategic clarity of our sixth President—are Senators Mike Lee of Utah, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Representatives Jim McGovern of Massachusetts and Peter Meijer of Michigan. [...] This principled, bipartisan group of lawmakers are championing two measures to reclaim congressional authority over arms sales, emergency declarations, and the use of military force: The National Security Powers Act in the Senate and The National Security Reforms and Accountability Act in the House. [...] The citation reads: For their efforts to reclaim the peoples’ power in matters of war and peace, the Board of Directors of the Quincy Institute proudly confers on Senators Michael Shumway Lee, Christopher Scott Murphy, and Bernard Sanders, and Representatives James Patrick McGovern and Peter James Meijer the Quincy Award for Responsible Statecraft for 2021.
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