Sam Liccardo
03/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/02/2026 09:14
Rep. Liccardo Statement on U.S. Strikes in Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Sam Liccardo (CA-16) released this statement today following U.S. strikes on Iran: "Every President who sends our women and men into battle has the constitutional and moral duty to clearly identify and explain the objective of war.
A dictatorial and murderous regime governs Iran. Yet Trump's war on Iran painfully reflects an ignorance about the cost of war, and a myopia about those objectives.
Trump justified last year's attacks on Iran by claiming that he "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities; if true, he wouldn't need this year's war to do so. Trump urges regime change, yet no mere bombing campaign-no matter how horrific or brutal-can deliver that outcome. In Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and even Venezuela, history shows that regime change requires a far more protracted engagement than the American public will support.
Instead, our troops, our allies, and innocent Iranian civilians will suffer. Many will die.
Americans deserve the truth, and Congress cannot continue to acquiesce to the unconstitutional expansion of presidential war powers. Congress must act immediately on a war powers resolution to reassert its authority under Article I of the Constitution."
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