WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke yesterday on the Senate Floor to condemn President Trump's unauthorized military action in Iran. Blumenthal's remarks come as the Senate prepares to vote on legislation to reclaim its authority under the War Powers Act.
"We have said countless times that war must be a last resort, never a first choice. And yet, the administration seems to be engaging in a war of choice that is needless and reckless, conducted chaotically, and most alarmingly, spreading and widening throughout the region. It is no longer a conflict involving only the ...