It makes no sense to limit the president’s ability to defend the nation when there is imminent danger, Rep. Scott Perry told Newsmax on Monday.

Appearing on Newsmax’s “Newsline,” the Pennsylvania Republican, who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was reacting to accusations that President Donald Trump violated the War Powers Act by not informing Congress ahead of time about the air strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Perry said that “certainly, we don’t want to take away … the constitutional power of Congress to declare war, but we also don’t want to hamstring the president” so that he has “no ability to safeguard the United States of America or its interests abroad” when there is imminent danger.

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