[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 99 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2743]
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                                  IRAN

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on Iran, for weeks, Donald Trump, Pete 
Hegseth, and Marco Rubio have insisted their disastrous war in Iran is 
over. How stupid do they think the American people are?
  This morning, Trump said he plans to take Kharg Island, which could 
even mean putting American boots on the ground. It doesn't take a 
military genius to see that Trump's fiasco of a war with Iran never 
ended, not with American helicopters being shot down, not when American 
bases are being attacked and American troops are coming under fire.
  Saying this war is over is an insult--an insult--to the brave 
American servicemen who are risking their lives every day to fight it.
  The only thing more absurd than the Trump administration's lies about 
the Iran war is that Republicans accept them at face value and just go 
along--too many, too many of them.
  For months, Democrats have urged Republicans to support our War 
Powers Resolution to end this war for real. And for months, Republicans 
have failed to do so. Americans have made it clear they don't want this 
war. They don't want the high costs, gasoline and fertilizer and 
everything else that comes with it. And Trump has made it clear he is 
incapable of cleaning up this mess.
  You just have to listen to his statements over a period of a few 
days, and they completely contradict each other. Typical of Trump. He 
doesn't care if he says one thing one day and says the total opposite 
thing the next day. The American people know he is lying to them. He 
doesn't care.
  Trump is incapable given his way, his lack of concern for facts, his 
only concern being his own ego. He is incapable of ending the war, 
incapable of cleaning up his own mess.
  Republicans need to stop buying the BS, show some spine, and help us 
bring our servicemembers home.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The majority whip.

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