Washington, April 4 -- Rep. Brad Schneider issued the following press release:

Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and co-founder and co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, released the following statement in response to President Trump's address to the nation on the war in Iran:

"Five weeks after starting his war against Iran, President Trump finally addressed the American people to explain the timing of the attack and his end goals. Though he repeatedly stated his commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, his speech offered neither certainty nor clarity regarding his strategy. Gone was any word of sympathy or encouragement for the Iranian people to free themselves from the oppr...