yep, 2002. it was approved almost two decades ago. since then, presidents bush, obama, and trump have used it to justify a range of military actions. critics say this authorization, which is also called an aumf, has been abused, invoked for things it was never intended for, letting the president exert powers the constitution does not give him. so what about president biden? well the white house says the president supports this repeal. that might be because there is another aumf from 2001. congress passed that one after the 9/11 terror attacks. congresswoman barbara lee of california was the only person in congress to vote no on the one aumf. she has been consistently campaigning to repeal them both. her district includes oakland and berkeley. she joins us now. congresswoman lee, good evening and welcome. >> nice to be with you. thank you, joshua. >> let's go back to 2001. here is part of what you said at