WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement:
"Before President Trump started his illegal and unpopular war of choice, the Strait of Hormuz was open and free of violence, gas was significantly cheaper, and thousands more people-including thirteen American servicemembers-were alive.
"This temporary ceasefire agreement-which is already being violated-starts a very short clock for Congress to finally end this unprecedented chaos. Absent immediate steps by Republican leadership to stand up to Trump's increasingly erratic behavior, we w...