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

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                            NO WAR WITH IRAN

  (Ms. CLARKE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CLARKE of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address what I 
believe is in the best interests of the American people, the Iranian 
people, and our global community to say: No war with Iran.
  As an early opponent of the Iraq war back when I served in the New 
York City Council, I know we cannot afford to make reckless, 
irresponsible, violent decisions that put the lives of our servicewomen 
and -men, diplomats, and the people here and in the Middle East in 
danger of death and destruction.
  We must exhaust all diplomatic means and put our political 
differences aside to stand for peaceful resolutions to human conflict 
before taking the ultimate step of engaging in war.
  For close to 20 years now, our Nation has been engaged in low-grade 
war games in the Middle East with the constant threat of putting our 
children, our families, and our civil liberties at risk. We must oppose 
senseless acts of violence that take us many steps away from our 
progress.
  When we look back in our history books and tell the next generation 
stories of 2020, I want us to be able to say with pride that we kept 
the interests of our Nation we loved at heart without provocation, 
without the death and destruction of war.
  Madam Speaker, I stand before you today opposed to these efforts, and 
I support the War Powers Resolution, H. Con. Res. 83.

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