I’ve been briefed on this plan in the past, and it was never meant to completely destroy the nuclear facilities, but rather cause significant damage.

Congratulations [Robert Garcia] for being elected Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.

President Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war.

I do this because no one person should have the power to take over 300 million people to war without consulting with the Congress of the United States of America.

I understand that the Constitution is going to be meaningful or it’s going to be meaningless.

I take no delight in what I’m doing.

President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent threat to the United States, which facilitates the devolution of American…

Teaming up to go against President Trump? Yeah, no, that doesn’t sound like a winning mission for me.

In starting his illegal and unconstitutional war with Iran without the constitutionally mandated consent of Congress...

President Trump's unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power...

I did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.

I believe that the hour of decision is upon us, and we all have to decide are we going to go down and choose the path of democracy or we allow ourselves to choose the low road of autocracy?

Senate Bill 3 is well-intentioned, but it would never go into effect because of valid constitutional challenges.

I’m not going to vote for a bill that does that.

At worst, Senate Bill 3 would be permanently invalidated by the courts; at best, its implementation would be delayed for years.

Legislators could consider a structure similar to the way alcohol is regulated, with strict enforcement by an agency like the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Just because we don’t have the votes doesn’t mean that it’s OK to violate the Constitution, it’s OK to violate federal law, it’s OK to violate state law.

And ultimately, when you head to the polls, you need to blame the Republicans, because the Republicans are the ones that decided to avoid their oath to the Constitution and swear their open loyalty to the man in the White House.