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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, for months—for months—Senate Democrats and I have said that Trump's blunder of a war with Iran can't end soon enough.
peace deal won't leave them disappointed again. It has been 2 days since Trump claimed he had reached an “understanding” with Iran, and he still hasn't released any details, an MOU—memo of understanding— about what it actually is.
administration. So I am asking three things: First, I am calling on Donald Trump to hold a classified Gang of 8 meeting to disclose this so-called MOU, this memo of understanding. Second, I am calling on Trump to brief the whole Congress on this MOU, this memo of understanding. And third, and most importantly, I am calling on Trump to inform the American people on whatever his understanding with Iran involves, and he should do it immediately so we all know what the heck is going on.
We are in the middle of a war. No one quite understands what Trump is up to, and now he is keeping everybody in the dark. Americans need to know whether their loved ones in uniform will remain in harm's way.
United States will get out of it. Americans need to know how and when this war will truly end. They need to know what is the deal on the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused gas prices to go through the roof, and we need to know what the projected end time is and what Iran will be doing with its nuclear capabilities.
more wounded, and tens of billions of dollars spent, the American people are, rightfully, wondering, What exactly did we get out of Trump's failed war?
started it, worse off by every measure. The Iranian regime is more extreme than before Trump launched this disastrous war.
disastrous war. Gas prices are dramatically higher than before Trump took us to war, and it is going to take months and months to go back to normal, given the destruction of the supply chains for oil and gas.
burden of a war they did not ask for and gives them nothing in return. Democrats will soon force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to end Trump's war because every minute this blunder goes on is a minute too long.
Trump needs to reveal the deal and end this war once and for all.