Directing the President Pursuant to Section 5(C) of the War Powers Resolution to Remove United States Armed Forces From Unauthorized Hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Mr. BAUMGARTNER. Mr. Speaker, the Iranian terrorist regime has been at war with the American people for nearly 50 years through countless terrorist attacks, countless American servicemen and -women injured, and a persistent danger to the United States of America. President Trump's actions are a long time coming, well-meaning, and well- deserved.

I had the opportunity and the privilege to serve with the United States State Department during the Iraq surge, where I participated in putting together a joint U.S.-Iraqi interagency team to suppress Iranian-backed militia groups in Baghdad. These were very, very bad guys.

One of the things that they did was use what is called an explosively form penetrator. Al-Qaida and the Sunni groups would bake a lot of explosives on their roof and make big bombs. What the Iranians would do was make a special kind of bomb with a copper plate that would get an explosive, and it could punch right through our armor.

One day, on a trip to Sadr City, I watched a massive what is called an MRAP, armored personnel carrier, explode in front of me from an Iranian bomb and watched as that hulking metal burned to a crisp as American servicemen and -women sought to deal with the aftermath.

This terrorist regime has killed thousands of their countrymen and killed Americans across the Middle East, and it is time for them to come to an end. This is a partisan political maneuver by the Democrats, and they should be ashamed for what they are doing to put our servicemen and -women in danger.

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