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On the recordJune 4, 2026
Our victory—while monumental—does not change the truth that this war never should have began, and never would have began, had the president not disgraced America and our laws to ensure that it did.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Commenting on the resolution's passage.

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