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Iran (Executive Session)

2026-07-22 Issue 120 Showing 1–1 of 1

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Charles E. Schumer

Democrat

“You are bad. The other side is bad and mean. The war is bad. You caused high gas prices. I want this war to end. We will force a vote on it.”

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Mr. President, Donald Trump's cavalier disregard for the lives of our servicemembers is beneath contempt and beyond despicable. In a Truth Social post, yesterday, Trump seemed to brag that 18 servicemembers had been killed in his disastrous Iran war compared to the tens of thousands who died in Vietnam. Donald, stop treating our servicemembers' lives like they are points on a scoreboard in your twisted game. Asked about his handling of the Iran war, yesterday, Trump said: Very impressed? What kind of bubble does he live in? Every survey shows how much the American people are against this war. Americans are not impressed that Trump has botched this war from the start. Americans are not impressed when they see headlines like the one behind me right here--that the price of gasoline is back over $4 a gallon because of Trump's war. And Americans are certainly not impressed that 18 Americans have been killed and hundreds more wounded and that Trump has tried to cover it up. Donald Trump may believe that, if he conceals the casualties, Americans will forget the war. But our servicemembers are not numbers to bury. They are human beings with families who have lives. They are the sons and daughters, husbands and wives, and mothers and fathers who are sent into harm's way without a strategy for bringing them home--and bring them home we must. This week, Senate Democrats will force another vote on our War Powers Resolution to end this unauthorized war and get our troops out of harm's way. Every Senator will have to make a choice. You cannot claim to support the troops while leaving them trapped in a war with no mission and no end. You cannot call it a victory while the battlefield keeps expanding. And you cannot hide the wounded and call it peace.

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