WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) 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 errat...