WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the Senate floor before a vote on a War Powers Resolution to end Trump's disastrous war in Iran, which Senate Republicans again blocked. Despite Trump's assurance of a short military engagement, Murphy revealed how this months-long conflict continues to spin out of control as Americans overwhelmingly call for the war to stop.

As this conflict rages on, Murphy emphasized the Trump Administration has failed to achieve any of its stated goals for going to war in the first place, including destroying Iran's missile capability: "I don't know how many times we heard Secretary Hegseth tell us that the goal was to destroy Ira...