Washington, April 25 -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer issued the following press release:

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined Dasha Burns and Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) on C-SPAN's Ceasefire for a bipartisan conversation to discuss the war with Iran, the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, and the affordability crisis facing Americans. Below are excerpts of his remarks during the episode:

ON THE WAR WITH IRAN

"The Constitution says it is the Congress who declares war, that has us go to war, and legislation we have passed to make sure that occurs has been ignored. In fact, the President thinks it's unconstitutional itself. As Mark said, he didn't come to any of us. He didn't come to anybody, apparently. He didn...