[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NO MORE ENDLESS WARS

  (Mr. Magaziner of Rhode Island was recognized to address the House 
for 5 minutes.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, in recent days, three more American 
servicemembers have been killed in the Iran war, while another is 
missing, and 1,600 civilians have been killed--not combatants--with our 
tax dollars.
  Here at home, the average price of gasoline is above $4 a gallon 
again, and we continue to spend billions of dollars of taxpayer money 
on this unnecessary war that President Trump started. This is money 
that could have been spent to make people's lives better here at home.
  President Trump got us into this war for no good reason, with no good 
plan, and no regard for the pain that it is causing. The American 
people are tired of endless wars, tired of unnecessary bloodshed, tired 
of children being bombed in their schools with our tax dollars, and 
tired of our best and brightest coming home in caskets for a war that 
nobody can explain.
  It is time to put the adults back in charge. Put experienced 
negotiators at the table to find an end to this unnecessary war, not 
the President's relatives and real estate buddies.
  It is time to elect a new majority here in Congress that takes our 
responsibility to be a check on the President seriously. We need people 
here in Congress who have the courage to say ``no'' when the President 
has a bad idea, especially when it gets people killed.
  We grieve for the American servicemembers who have lost their lives 
in this war and for their families, and we pray that the Members of 
this Congress can find the courage to stand up and end this unnecessary 
war.

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