BOOKER, KAINE, MURPHY, SCHIFF, BALDWIN & DUCKWORTH TO CALL UP WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement:

"Before President Trump started his illegal and unpopular war of choice, the Strait of Hormuz was open and free of violence, gas was significantly cheaper, and thousands more people-including thirteen American servicemembers-were alive.

"This temporary ceasefire agreement-which is already being violated-starts a very short clock for Congress to finally end this unprecedented chaos. Absent immediate steps by Republican leadership to stand up to Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, we will once again force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to finally end this dangerous war in the Middle East. The American people do not want and have not authorized it, but nonetheless keep paying the price.

"Congress must meet this moment with the urgency it demands. Senate Republicans must come back to Washington immediately to vote on a War Powers Resolution and be a check on this President, as our Founders intended."