Courtney Statement After House Passes Bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, released the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution (H. Con. Res. 86), which passed the House by a vote of 215-208.

After three prior attempts, today's War Powers Resolution was the first to successfully pass since President Trump launched his unauthorized war on Iran on February 28^th. The War Powers Resolution would require President Trump to suspend hostilities against Iran until he receives Congressional authorization, as required by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

"President Trump launched this unauthorized war of choice with no explanation to the American people of what 'imminent threat' Iran posed and no clear goals or objectives to define victory. Since the start of the war, fourteen U.S. servicemembers have been killed, hundreds have been injured, and hundreds of innocent civilians - the very victims of Iran's brutal regime - have been killed. The war triggered an international energy crisis and the American people are being hit with skyrocketing energy costs, driving up inflation. When asked whether he thinks about the war's impact on American's financial situation, President Trump says he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation, 'not even a little bit.' When he was asked a second time, he said his first answer 'was perfect.' Passage of this War Powers Resolution is a long-overdue action that shows this Congress is willing to fulfill its duty as a co-equal branch of government, and rein in the reckless, unilateral actions of this President and are dangerously weakening and isolating our country."

This is the fourth time that Congressman Courtney has voted to pass a War Powers Resolution to end President Trump's unilateral war in Iran.