January 9, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 5 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages H76-H77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONSTRAIN IRAN THROUGH DIPLOMACY

  (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Madam Speaker, America does not need or 
want a war with Iran.
  There are no political objectives we can reasonably achieve through 
force, and the President must not be allowed to fabricate a pretext for 
a conflict that will leave America, our allies, and the whole region 
less safe. But that is what he has been doing since tearing up the Iran 
nuclear deal and beginning a campaign of maximum pressure.
  Today's War Powers Resolution reasserts Congress' authority to 
declare war and imposes crucial restrictions on the President; namely, 
he cannot start a war without demonstrating an actual threat. This is 
something the administration has failed to do, according to

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both Democrats and Republicans from yesterday's intelligence briefing.
  The best way to constrain the true threat of Iran is through the 
multilateral diplomacy that achieved the historic nuclear deal. With 
this clear congressional statement that Congress has not authorized a 
war, I urge the President to immediately stop his erratic and impulsive 
provocations and take us back from the brink.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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