On the recordApril 17, 2024
I thank the ranking member for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the neocon march into another war in the Middle East. It is the same chorus. This time it is Iran. John Bolton, who blundered us into Iraq, now is calling for strikes on Iran all over CNN and cable news. Then you have Senator Marsha Blackburn saying that we need retaliatory strikes into Iran. Who can forget Senator Lindsey Graham saying: Hit them hard. Blow them off the map. This is foolishness. Let me be clear. The American people, Democrats or Republicans or Independents, do not want another war in the Middle East. They do not want us to make the same mistake we made in Iraq. They do not want trillions of our tax dollars going into foreign wars. Instead, they are demanding that we invest in jobs here at home, in childcare, and in healthcare in America. I call today for the American people to stand up against the foreign policy blob and against the establishment and prevent them from getting us into another war in the Middle East.
