Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Urgent Need To Advance The War Powers Resolution To End The Costly War With Iran

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on the Senate floor following Donald Trump callously announcing he’s in “no hurry” to end the war with Iran, urging Senate Republicans to work with Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution to end the costly and unpopular war. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Once again, the ongoing fighting in Iran has blown holes in Trump’s claims that victory is at hand.

Over the weekend, Trump said he’s in “no hurry” to end the war in Iran.

No hurry?

Tell that to our troops who are in harm’s way every second this war continues, including those who were fired upon in Kuwait just this morning.

Tell that to their families.

Really, no hurry? I’ll tell you who’s in a hurry for this blunder to end: the American people who are getting crushed by record gas prices at the pump. They’re in a hurry.

Trump has proven over and over and over again that he is incapable of getting our country out of this mess. Congress needs to step up.

Democrats and a handful of Republicans came together before Memorial Day to advance a War Powers Resolution to withdraw our troops from hostilities with Iran.

We will not stop forcing votes to end this war until this disastrous war is over once and for all.

Trump and his allies in the Senate may not see the urgency in ending this war, but Democrats and the American people do.

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