regrettably, sjres 59 is ultimate and perhaps inevitable end to that process. the new aumf amounts to a statutory revision of one of the most defining elements of the united states constitution. we find ourselves at this moment not by accident, but by decades of concerted effort by members of this institution to evade the responsibilities given to them by the framers of our constitution. the result is that our citizens are taught, our children are taught false assertion that members of this body will declare war and have the sole responsibility to do that. after all, the provision speaks loudly to that, clear will i to th wh does, and what past aumfs have done is reduce that very loud declaration of your responsibility to what mcbeth referred to as voices sound and furry and signifying nothing. my written testimonyails the express intent of the framers. i just simply know one aspect that i find most telling. we have plenty of quotes from my favorite framer, james madison, but for virtually every amer, this is o othe few points hich there was almost unnimty. i s