House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks Issues Statement on Passage of Iran War Powers Resolution

Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued a statement following the passage of his War Powers Resolution terminating U.S. hostilities against Iran:

"The passage of my War Powers Resolution is a significant bipartisan rebuke of President Trump's illegal and costly war in Iran, and the first step toward ending it once and for all.

"Trump's war has failed to accomplish the Trump Administration's stated goals with respect to Iran. If anything, it has pushed a diplomatic resolution of Iran's nuclear program further away. The war has undermined the credibility of U.S. negotiations and allowed Iran to demonstrate its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Americans are paying 50% more at the gas pump since the war began and footing the bill for billions per week in costs for a war they overwhelmingly oppose.

"The passage of this WPR today signals a significant turning point: more and more Republicans are listening to their constituents who do not want another open-ended war in the Middle East. Now the Senate must take up this measure and make clear to the President that enough is enough: if he won't clean up his own mess, Congress will."

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