WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks issued the following press release:

Senator Alsobrooks (D-Md.) voted for Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, S.J.Res 32 and S.J.Res. 138, to block specific foreign military sales of cases of Caterpillar bulldozers and 1,000-pound bombs to Israel. Senator Alsobrooks released the following statement after her vote:

"President Trump took the United States to war with Iran without authorization of the United States Congress. This illegal war has failed to achieve any strategic benefit or make the United States or Israel any safer.

"We have lost 13 American service members and nearly $2 billion a day. At least 1,701 civilians - including 254 children - have been killed in Iran. There are 24 dead an...