[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 96 (Monday, June 8, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  IRAN

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, yesterday marked 100 days since Donald 
Trump launched one of the most foolish misadventures in the history of 
American foreign policy. Trump launched his disastrous war with Iran 
without a clear objective, without a coherent strategy, and without a 
care for how it would endanger our brave servicemembers and hurt the 
American people.
  One hundred days later, Trump still has no idea how to extricate 
America from this mess of his own making, and he still doesn't seem to 
care that the American people are struggling to bear the costs at the 
gas pump every day.
  Trump said it himself:

       I don't think about Americans' financial situation.

  He doesn't think about it--the No. 1 issue facing the American 
people, and he doesn't think about it. What kind of President is that?
  Trump had better start thinking about Americans' financial situation 
because, as it becomes more and more dire, Americans are becoming more 
and more livid. Costs on everything from gasoline to groceries to 
consumer goods are through the roof because of Trump and his war. 
American families have spent an extra $750, on average, these past 100 
days to meet the rising costs of Trump's war, and every time Americans 
go to the pump and see a gallon of gasoline costing well over $4, they 
know whom to blame--Donald Trump.
  For 100 days, Trump has claimed that peace is just days away, only 
for negotiations to crumble over and over and over again. Trump's 
efforts at peace by press release won't stop the fighting. Congress 
need to reassert its powers under the Constitution and end this war. 
Soon, Senate Democrats will force another vote on a War Powers 
Resolution to end the war--the ninth opportunity we have given 
Republicans to do their jobs and dig themselves and Trump out of this 
hole.
  The walls are closing in on Trump and the U.S. economy. Republicans 
need to find their courage and end this war.

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