“[Bipartisan letter to President Trump from 14 senators, led by Jeanne Shaheen and Roger Wicker:] President Putin bears sole responsibility for launching Russia's full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Allowing him to participate in a G20 Summit in the United States raises serious concerns about legitimizing and normalizing a government that continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets every day. … As Russia continues its war against Ukraine and refuses to agree to a just and lasting peace agreement, its government should not be afforded a business-as-usual treatment alongside other nations at G20 events. … We urge you to reverse course and rescind the invitation to President Putin.
Back to directory
TK
Statements (28)
“It's more than a message. Congress has the constitutional power to declare war, not the president. … If you don't want to listen to us, how about listen to the American public who's suffering? Listen to the 18 families who've lost loved ones. Listen to the hundreds of troops who've been injured. … [After the vote, on Republicans:] They have been carrying water for this ridiculous and illegal war for months and months and months and not listening to their constituents.
“When he's standing before the U.N. today and saying that, you know, his decision is whether to annihilate Iran — who talks like that? … We have spent 250 years as a nation, not perfect, trying to be a strong and reliable neighbor. He's trying to turn us into a global bully.
“Even changes that may appear modest from a purely military standpoint can have outsized effects on our bilateral relationships, particularly with Baltic Allies, as Russia continues to intensify its hybrid actions along NATO’s eastern flank. … U.S. Ambassadors and Chiefs of Mission in affected countries have been excluded from consultations. … What we are requesting is not a departure from precedent — it is a return to longstanding practice. [We urge you to ensure] the Department of State is fully and meaningfully engaged from this point forward.
“Congress must do more to ensure that the highest level of safety regulations is in place to prevent future tragedies.
“Will prices come down for Americans? Who knows but likely not as much as Trump has forced them up thru his idiotic Iran War. But here's a guarantee—this will pad the pockets of Trump family and Big Oil companies and delay transition to cleaner energy. Using our troops for a private oil grab is corruption at epic scale!
“We urge the Israeli government to immediately rescind these tenders, halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, and take urgent action to rein in settler violence.
“The violence committed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is reaching an unprecedented level, and as a result more and more Americans and Palestinians are being killed and injured.
“Commodity prices have been sort of flat. All the input prices are going up, export markets are shutting down. You really worry about the ability of families to stay in.
“find some Republican colleagues to join with Democrats and check this blindly stumbling power-drunk President from inflicting more damage on the U.S. and the world
“To date, according to public reporting, the United States has engaged in more than 65 kinetic operations killing more than 220 people pursuant to your directive. I urge you to halt this illegal, costly and ineffective operation.
“Federal election monitors will focus only on their statutory ambit and will not target jurisdictions in a partisan manner. The Constitution clearly assigns states and territories the primary responsibility for administering elections.
“The most solemn power for Congress is Congress has the power to declare war, not the president.
“We are concerned that the administration has not been fully truthful or transparent in its public accounting of the war's costs so far.
“The last thing that our country needs right now is a regime change war in Cuba based on imaginary threats to the homeland that would devastate the Cuban people and generate a man-made migration crisis.
“The right way to do it is like we did in 2013, or even in 2018. We can find a bipartisan path to do these things. So I'll oppose the unilateral effort that would put more money into agencies that could be better spent elsewhere.
“President Trump's deeply unpopular war of choice in Iran has imposed a tremendous cost on the American people—including deaths and injuries of our servicemembers and soaring gas prices. For several weeks, my colleagues and I have been forcing votes in the Senate to ensure we have a real debate about whether it's in our national interest to continue this war. I'm grateful that today, enough of my colleagues stood up for the Constitution and listened to their constituents.
“A ceasefire means bombs aren't dropping. It doesn't mean there are no hostilities. If we're using the U.S. military to blockade everything going into and out of Iran, that's still hostility.
“The blockade of Cuba has caused humanitarian crises across the island — disrupting medical care, leaving millions without clean water, and spiking food prices. Congress must assert its authority. We cannot allow the president to impose what amounts to an act of war without a single vote by the people's representatives.
“We'll have [a vote] all the weeks of this work period, including right up against the 60-day period.
Showing 20 of 28 statements