Lee Zeldin: “Thank you to lead Republican McCaul for important words to start today's debate. For the third time in 2 months, as he…”

“Thank you to lead Republican McCaul for important words to start today's debate. For the third time in 2 months, as he pointed out, we are here to debate an Iran War Powers Resolution. Once again, this resolution requires terminating the use of force against Iran, even though U.S. Forces are not engaged in hostilities against Iran. As we stand here today, the President has repeatedly said in the past that he does not want a war with Iran. I don't. This body doesn't. My constituents don't. The President, himself, as lead Republican McCaul has pointed out, has shown incredible restraint when opportunities have presented, when there was legal justification to strike back. We must continue to pursue peace through strength. The military option is the last possible option that we should ever use, but we need Iran to understand that it is on the table. My colleague from the other side of the aisle who just spoke used the term ``disproportionate'' to describe taking out Qasem Soleimani. As people listen to today's debate, and if you are one of the 600-plus families who lost your son or daughter, your husband or your wife, maybe your mother or father because of Qasem Soleimani, if you are one of the thousands of people who were injured because of Qasem Soleimani, U.S. troops--600 U.S. troops, thousands of U.S. troops were injured because of Qasem Soleimani, and, literally, in the days leading up to this attack, we had U.S.…”