Kelly Morrison
07/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2026 12:38
U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Cosponsors Bill to Block Iran War Funding
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after Donald Trump escalated his war with Iran, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) announced her cosponsorship of the No Funds for Iran War Act, which would prohibit any taxpayer dollars from being used for military action against Iran.
Trump's war with Iran has already cost American taxpayers $100 billion dollars over the past five months alone. Americans have paid $56.4 billion more for gas since the war in Iran started - and over the last few months, the cost of groceries has steadily increased as well. With inflation at a 3-year high, even food banks across Minnesota are struggling to keep up amongst high prices and record demand.
Now, the Trump Administration is asking for billions more in taxpayer dollars to fund the war in Iran - even though the war is increasingly unpopular with the majority of Americans.
The No Funds for Iran War Act was introduced by Representative Pat Ryan (NY-18), a combat veteran, and cosponsored by 37 House Democrats, including 14 veterans. Representative Morrison is a proud member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war. Since launching the first attack on Iran in February of this year, President Trump has neither sought nor received Congressional authorization for this war. Representative Morrison has been staunchly opposed to this illegal war and has voted for every War Powers Resolution to end the war. A member of the House Small Business Committee, Representative Morrison met with Minnesotan small business owners this spring who told her that rising prices due to the war in Iran pose an existential threat to their businesses.
"Grocery prices are rising. Gas prices are rising. Half of Americans can't afford health insurance. But instead of doing anything to address these problems or make life better for the American people, the President has dragged us into another costly, illegal, and foreign war and refuses to get us out of it," said Congresswoman Kelly Morrison. "I'm cosponsoring the No Funds for Iran War Act to block the President from spending any more taxpayer dollars on this illegal war that's deeply unpopular and increasingly reckless. Not one dollar more for this illegal war that the American people don't want but are being forced to pay for."
Representative Morrison spoke on the House floor this morning, calling out Trump's reckless actions that have dragged the United States into another costly, foreign war, costing taxpayers billions while doing nothing to make life more affordable for the American people.
Watch Rep. Morrison's full speech HERE.
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Read a transcript of Rep. Morrison's remarks below:
Madam Speaker, today I rise against the Trump Administration's reckless, costly, and illegal war in Iran.
In just the last 24 hours, President Trump's "deal" has collapsed yet again, tensions have escalated, blockades have been reinstated, and strikes have resumed.
President Trump has informed the nation that we are once again at war with Iran - an illegal war that no one asked for, no one wanted, and yet every American is paying the price for.
Donald Trump is backing the United States into a corner - and the worst part about it is that he has no plan to get us out.
His strategy is to bomb first, think later.
He's sacrificing our economy… our security… our standing in the world - and for what?
1 in 2 Americans can't afford health insurance.
Food, housing, and child care costs are astronomical.
Inflation is at a three-year high and the cost of gas, groceries, and everything in between is going up.
President Trump was elected to office on the promise of lowering costs and ending unwinnable wars overseas.
And yet here we are.
And now he is demanding that taxpayers pay hundreds of billions of dollars to fund his new endless, costly, illegal war in Iran.
The American people deserve so much better from their President.
When Donald Trump first got us into this war, he said it would last about 4-6 weeks.
Well now it's been 20.
Over the last five months, the Trump Administration has spent more than $100 billion dollars on their illegal war on the other side of the world.
Do you know what $100 billion could fund here at home?
Child care for 7 million children.
Health care for 10 million people.
Food assistance for 45 million Americans.
These aren't just arbitrary numbers.
Trump's actions have real impacts. And real costs. On real people's lives.
And let's not forget, this comes as Trump made the single largest cut to health care and food assistance in our nation's history last year.
After millions of Americans have lost their health insurance and families are struggling to feed their children, President Trump is demanding that taxpayers send hundreds of billions of dollars to fight a foreign war overseas.
Of course President Trump has literally told us time and time again that he does not care about the American people.
Well he may not care - but the elected officials in this chamber should.
It is literally our job to do what's best for our constituents.
We cannot stand by and watch President Trump drag us into yet another mess - especially when it's at the expense of Americans every. Single. Time.
And let's just step back for a moment here and ask the question: why are we even in this war?
This Administration still can't give us a good answer. No explanation. No reason. No strategy. No endgame.
As an American… as a patriot… as the wife of an Army combat veteran, I am outraged.
When you make the decision to send American soldiers into harm's way, you better have a damn good reason for it and you better know what you're doing.
We have neither - and this Administration continues to recklessly put our troops' lives on the line without care or cause.
It's shameful.
That's why I'm joining my colleague and combat veteran Representative Pat Ryan in fighting to end this reckless war and reassert our Congressional authority over war-making powers.
Madam Speaker, we need to pass the No Funds for Iran War Act and stop any taxpayer dollars from being used for military action against Iran.
Both chambers of Congress, which are Republican-controlled, I might add, have passed War Powers Resolutions to end the Iran War - but there needs to be more.
President Trump thinks he's above the law - but he is not.
And it is up to the Republican majorities in Congress to stop him.
It is their Constitutional duty.
To put the American people, our national security, our economy, above a single president's self-serving war of choice.
To my Republican colleagues, I plead: What is your line? When will you put the American people first and stop this war?
We are not powerless. We can end this war.
I implore my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to listen to the American people, find their courage, and end this war.
Madam Speaker, I yield back.
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