perspective on how Congress is weighing the unfolding situation in the Middle East.

We're joined now by Republican Senator Katie Britt of Alabama.

Senator Britt, welcome to the program.

Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate you all having me.

The Senate this evening rejected a war powers resolution that would limit the president's ability to strike in Iran.

It would require congressional approval.

What about that did you find objectionable?

Look, the president has the authority under Article 2 to conduct the strikes that he is executing

right now. The president's mission has been well laid out. He wants to make sure that we keep

Americans safe and secure, that we ultimately destroy Iran's military,

their missile capability, the ability to manufacture those, also their naval fleet, and any

ability to regain or reconstitute nuclear enrichment. When we're looking at bad actors across

the world, Iran has been at the top of that list.

So allowing the president to finish the mission that was begun, I think is critically important.

We've seen this authority be given to presidents, certainly over my lifetime.

And I, for one, am proud that the president continues to put Americans front and center.

When you say finish the mission, at what point do you believe Congress should have a formal vote on this conflict?

Well, the president will have a number of days to obviously complete this.

He's laid out that it'll take a little bit of time to be able to do that, but that we are well ahead of schedule of where they plan to be.

So the president, not only with the number of their military leaders and obviously the Ayatollah that have been taken out,

but their number of munitions, missile capabilities and capacity that has already been diminished.

So I think they've got a plan in place to finish the job.

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