Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Demanding Answers From The Trump Administration On The Supposed Deal With Iran And Calling For The End Of This Costly War Through Another War[...]

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke on the Senate floor demanding the Trump administration brief Congress and release details on the supposed "understanding" with Iran and the urgent need to advance the War Powers Resolution to end the costly war. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

For months, for months, Senate Democrats and I have said that Trump's blunder of a war with Iran can't end soon enough.

We've been told dozens of times that this war is over, and dozens of times we've been disappointed.

Trump has yet to give Americans a reason to believe that this latest peace deal won't leave them disappointed again.

It's been two days since Trump claimed he had reached an "understanding" with Iran, and he still hasn't released any details, an MOU, a memo of understanding, about what it actually is.

We keep hearing inconsistent statements from different members of the administration.

So, I'm asking three things. First, I am calling on Donald Trump to hold a classified Gang of Eight meeting to disclose this so-called MOU, this memo of understanding.

Second, I'm calling on Trump to brief the whole Congress on this MOU, this memo of understanding.

And third, and most importantly, I'm calling on Trump to inform the American people on whatever his "understanding" with Iran involves, and he should do it immediately so we all know what the heck is going on. We're in the middle of a war, no one quite understands what Trump is up to. And now, he's keeping everyone in the dark.

Americans need to know whether their loved ones in uniform will remain in harm's way.

Americans need to know what Trump has promised to Iran and what the United States will get out of it.

Americans need to know how and when this war will truly end.

They need to know what's the deal on the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused gas prices to go through the roof.

And we need to know what the projected end time is, and what Iran will be doing with its nuclear capabilities.

After more than 100 days of bloodshed, 13 Americans killed, hundreds more wounded, and tens of billions of dollars spent, the American people are rightfully wondering: what exactly did we get out of Trump's failed war?

Trump's Iranian misadventure has left America worse off by every measure. The Iranian regime is more extreme than before Trump launched this disastrous war. Iran has more control over the Strait of Hormuz than before Trump's war.

Gas prices are still drastically higher than before Trump took us to war and is going to take us months and months to go back to normal, given the destruction of the supply chains for oil and gas.

Trump asks Americans to pay the immense cost and shoulder the burden of a war they did not ask for and gives them nothing in return.

Democrats will soon force another vote on our War Powers Resolution to end Trump's war because every minute this blunder goes on is another minute too long. Trump needs to reveal the deal and end this war once and for all.

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