WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), an Iraq war combat veteran, spoke on the Senate floor today to call out Trump's dangerous, short-sighted attack in Venezuela this weekend. In his speech, Senator Gallego highlighted the parallels between the administration's military actions in Venezuela and the lead up to the war in Iraq.
Last month, Senator Gallego introduced a War Powers Resolution (https://www.gallego.senate.gov/press-releases/gallego-files-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-illegal-war/) that would require the U.S. Armed Forces to cease hostilities against vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean unless authorized by Congress. The resolution came...