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Yesterday, members of the "Sharia-Free America Caucus" took to the House floor to deliver an hour of unabashed bigotry and anti-Muslim hate speech. When members of Congress use their platform to spew this vitriol and hate, they threaten religious freedom and put Arab and Muslim Americans at risk.

It’s been 26 days since Trump started his illegal war with Iran. Here’s what it’s costing Americans:

Nearly 60 members of Congress have joined a caucus rooted in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate. When elected officials use their platforms this way, it puts Arab and Muslim Americans at real risk. The “Sharia-Free America Caucus” isn’t about American values — it’s bigotry with a platform.

In addition to the 13 American servicemembers who have been killed, Trump's war has resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 civilians in the region, including over 100 Iranian school kids. All of them should be alive today. To stop the killing we must end the war, NOW.

[2/2] If he has any real interest in peace, Trump should immediately demand both Netanyahu and Hezbollah reach a durable ceasefire agreement, support the Lebanese army in seizing Hezbollah’s missiles, and sponsor eventual direct peace talks between Lebanon and Israel.

[1/2] Tens of thousands in Lebanon are once again caught in the crossfire between Hezbollah and Netanyahu. More than 850 people, at least 107 of them children, have been killed. Israeli evacuation orders and airstrikes have forced 800,000 people from their homes.

A broader, regional war engulfing all of Lebanon is in no one's interests. The US must prioritize mediation efforts and strengthening the ability of the Lebanese state to keep its people safe.

Lebanese civilians are paying the ultimate price for tragic mistakes out of their control, with hundreds killed and nearly one million already displaced from their homes.

The disastrous chain of reckless escalations beginning with the US-Israeli war of choice against Iran, followed by Hezbollah's ​tragic decision to join the war looks to be culminating in another Israeli ground invasion in Lebanon.

Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov issued a statement following the Trump administration’s decision to invoke the Arms Control Act’s Emergency Authority for multiple cases of over 20,000 bombs worth over $650 million.

🚨 Late Friday night, the State Department invoked the Arms Export Control Act’s emergency authority to bypass Congressional review and provide Israel more than 20,000 bombs worth over $650 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

We are spending a billion dollars a day on this illegal, reckless war. This is taxpayer money that should be going to healthcare and education. Now, Trump wants $50 billion more for a war that Congress has not authorized. Outrageous. No way.

Trump is already spending $1 BILLION PER DAY on his illegal regime change war of choice in Iran. Now, he's going to ask Congress to give him up to $50 BILLION MORE. My vote: hell NO.

Congress never authorized this war. The Constitution requires it. The Senate must pass @kaine.senate.gov and Senator Rand Paul’s War Powers Resolution to block this reckless war. www.ms.now/news/senator...

Here's what I believe: no more business as usual in the Senate. We shouldn't be voting to proceed to normal legislation until Republicans schedule a debate and a vote and on a declaration of war against Iran. Let's see if Trump has the votes to authorize war. I bet he doesn't.

The Trump administration's justification for war keeps changing, but one thing is clear: There was no imminent threat to the United States. Whether or not Israel forced the United States’ hand, this is an unlawful war of choice that directly harms US interests. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/w...

Today, Congress was finally briefed on Trump's war of choice in Iran. Even behind closed doors, they couldn't get their story straight. But one thing is clear: they don't have a clue what the end game is, and it sure as hell isn't making America safer.

“Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters” Yesterday it was a school, today it is a hospital. Yesterday children were buried under the rubble of their classrooms, today babies had to be moved from intensive care in their incubators. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza. That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one. The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.

Secretary Rubio's remarks indicate that Israel put U.S. forces in harm's way by insisting on attacking Iran. And the administration was complicit—joining their war instead of talking them down. This is unacceptable of the President, and unacceptable of a country that calls itself our ally.

My statement on Trump's strikes on Iran.

The US-Israeli attack on Iran is an unlawful act of war — putting Iranians caught between a ruthless regime and a reckless U.S. president in harm’s way. Already, too many have been killed.