Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Condemning Trump’s Illegal War In Iran Ahead Of Eighth War Powers Resolution Vote

Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke on the Senate floor sounding the alarm on Donald Trump's reckless and illegal war in Iran as strikes continue despite claims from the administration that fighting has ceased. Below are Senator Schumer's remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Over the weekend, Donald Trump told Iran, "the clock is ticking, and they better get moving, fast, or there won't be anything left of them."

How can Donald Trump say the clock is ticking when he told the Senate that the clock had paused when his war recently passed the War Powers Act's 60-day threshold to either end hostilities or get congressional authorization?

Over the weekend, a drone strike caused a fire on the edge of a massive nuclear power plant in the UAE - further proof that the fighting is anything but finished.

Senate Republicans need to stop playing dumb and realize that this war didn't end at the 60-day mark and will not end until Republicans show some backbone and support Democrats' War Powers Resolution to end the fighting.

This week, Democrats will force an eighth vote on our War Powers Resolution to withdraw our troops from hostilities with Iran.

I urge Republicans to support our War Powers Resolution, end the war, get our troops out of harm's way, or else Republicans will learn that the clock is ticking not only on this war but on their own political future.

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