[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                IRAN WAR

  (Mr. DeSAULNIER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeSAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, in 75 days, Trump's war has caused the 
deaths of over 2,000 innocent civilians, including 413 children and 15 
American servicemembers.
  Initially, President Trump called his actions in Iran a ``little 
excursion'' that would last a couple of weeks. Now he has acknowledged 
it is a war.
  Last month, the President threatened a whole civilization to die.
  This war has cost almost $30 billion to American taxpayers. It has 
caused the American inflation rate to rise to almost 4 percent. It has 
raised gas prices for hardworking Americans across this country.
  President Trump does not have the power to declare war. This is a 
war, not an excursion. Only Congress can declare war.
  We cannot continue to cede congressional authority to a President who 
acts like this.
  I call on my Republican colleagues and leaders in Congress to stand 
up and push back against this reckless and corrupt President before any 
more lives are lost.
  Pope Leo, a great American moral authority says: ``The future belongs 
to men and women of peace.'' I stand with the great American Pope Leo 
XIV.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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