Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Demanding Answers And Accountability From The Trump Administration After They Postponed The All-Senators Briefing On Iran

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor to demand transparency from the Trump administration after they postponed the classified all-Senators briefing on Iran. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

This last-minute postponement is outrageous, evasive, and derelict.

Senators deserve full transparency, and the administration has a legal obligation to inform Congress precisely about what is happening.

What is the administration so afraid of?

Why won’t they engage with Congress on the critical details: the results of the recent strike, the scope and trajectory of this conflict, the administration’s long-term strategy to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and, of course, the potential risks facing American citizens and our servicemembers?

Such obstruction undermines the very principles of accountability and oversight that safeguard our democracy.

If the press reporting about the impact of last weekend’s strikes in Iran is true - and I cannot confirm them - then that might be the reason why the administration postponed our classified briefing today, at the very last minute, and deprived senators of their right to know what’s happening.

So I ask again, what is the administration hiding? It’s time for answers.

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