Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn)
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s unlawful military strikes on Iran:
“Today, President Trump ordered unlawful U.S. military strikes on Iran. Make no mistake, President Trump has unilaterally taken our nation to war. This military action was launched without Congressional approval and with no imminent threat posed by Iran to the United States.
“Just days ago, President Trump stood before the American people and delivered his State of the Union Address. If he believed there was a clear and present danger to the United States, as president, he had the duty to our nation to lay out his rationale about why military action was necessary and to ask Congress to pass an Authorization for Use of Military Force– just as President Bush did before the Iraq War. President Trump utterly failed to do so, which is nothing less than an affront to our Constitution and the American people.
“Let us pray for the U.S. service members who have been given orders to fight this war, for their families, as well as all families in the region who now find themselves in grave danger as a result Trump’s reckless, illegal, and unnecessary decision to go to war.”