Political Quotes

“this week, Congress will have an opportunity to assert its constitutional role when we vote for the second time on a War Powers Act resolution to force President Trump to seek legal authority for his unilateral military campaign in Iran. As a member of the Armed Services Committee and a cosponsor of this measure, I strongly urge my colleagues in the House to vote ``yes'' to reclaim our constitutional role under Article I, Section 8, as the sole branch of government with the power to decide whether our country goes to war. On February 28, the President, without consultation with Congress and almost all of our longtime allies, ordered military strikes against Iran, taking the United States into a war now in its seventh week. Despite the massive costs of this war and the international energy crisis it has created, to date, the President has never articulated what exactly was the imminent threat to the homeland on that date, nor has he laid out a clear, practical plan for success. Mr. Speaker, over the last 7 weeks, the most arduous and heart-wrenching cost of this war has been borne by 13 American soldiers, who lost their lives, and their families. Hundreds of servicemembers have been injured, and hundreds of innocent civilians, some the very victims of Iran's brutal regime that President Trump said he would liberate, have been killed.”