Sheila Jackson Lee: “What I will say is that nothing in this resolution speaks to any named person. It says that this body, this Congress…”

“What I will say is that nothing in this resolution speaks to any named person. It says that this body, this Congress, must adhere to its duty to be able to ensure that the President of the United States does not unilaterally take us into war with Iran. We will not stand for it. It does, as well, say that my resolution in 2002 indicated that we should not have gone to war in Iraq. Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the House Committees on the Judiciary and on Homeland Security, as a member serving in this body on September 11, 2001 and throughout the fateful and tragic war in Iraq, and as an original cosponsor, I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. 83, a concurrent resolution directing the President to terminate the engagement of United States Armed Forces in hostilities in or against Iran. l thank the gentlelady from Michigan, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, for introducing this resolution and Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel for his work on this important resolution. I also thank Speaker Pelosi for taking swift action to afford the House the opportunity to honor its constitutional duty to keep the American people safe by limiting the President from taking further precipitous military actions regarding Iran. We know from bitter and heart-breaking experience the truth that while dangerous and bloody battles are fought by the military, it is the nation that goes to war.…”