Melanie Stansbury: “I rise today to say: No to endless wars. No to a President who breaks the law daily. No to a Republican Congress that is…”

“I rise today to say: No to endless wars. No to a President who breaks the law daily. No to a Republican Congress that is so weak and so spineless that they refuse to stand up. No to Congressmen and -women who refuse to do their jobs. No to a Republican Congress that is attempting to rob the American people of healthcare, food, and public lands. No to lawmakers who refuse to speak out as this administration undermines the rule of law, due process, and American democracy. No to Members of this Chamber who have been so kowtowed by Donald Trump that they are failing to stand up for the American people, their own people who elected them in good faith and sent them here to defend this country and uphold the Constitution and the rule of law. We say no. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today as Donald Trump has taken us to the precipice--the precipice of war, a constitutional crisis, and millions living in fear and marching in the streets. Mr. Speaker, 3 days ago, the President ordered a unilateral military strike against Iran and notified the majority of Congress and the American people, essentially, by tweet, using a social media post on Truth Social. Days later, the world is in chaos because we have a President who is acting unilaterally. Authoritarianism is on the rise across the planet, and a region has been destabilized by conflict and violence, putting millions of people at risk, not only in this country but across the world. American troops are in harm's way.”