Directing the Removal of United States Armed Forces From Hostilities Within or Against the Islamic Republic of Iran That Have Not Been

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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I will be brief.

Nearly half a year into Trump's ruinous war with Iran, the conflict is widening instead of winding down. More countries get dragged into the mix, more fronts open up, and more Americans get killed and injured.

The American people have made it clear: No one wants this war to go on.

A new poll, this morning, found only a fifth--a fifth--of the American people, including less than half of the Republicans, want the war to continue.

Are our Senate Republicans listening?

The country is clamoring for you to end this war and to bring our troops home--something you can do right now by voting for Senator Gillibrand's War Powers Resolution.

Is Trump so intimidating, so untouchable that Republicans will keep siding with him instead of the 80 percent of Americans calling for the fighting to end?

The biggest thing standing between our troops and home is a Republican Party that is too afraid to cross the President.

Congress can break this vicious cycle of escalation Trump started in Iran, and this War Powers Resolution is how we do it.

I urge--I plead--with my Republican colleagues to listen to the American people. Vote to end this war. We are going to keep forcing Republicans to vote until you do.

Vote on Motion to Discharge

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