Janice Schakowsky: “I served, along with the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Ryan, on the President's National Commission on Fiscal…”

President Trump’s announcement of ‘major combat operations’ was not authorized by Congress, and I fully support a bipartisan War Powers resolution to reclaim our constitutional authority over matters of war.

Constituents are calling my office in tears. They are terrified.

Abandoning that approach in favor of reckless escalation puts lives, security, and regional stability at risk.

The American people overwhelmingly do not want another war in the Middle East, and the last thing our country needs is to be drawn into a conflict that would cost lives and destabilize the region.