U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-39) introduced a bipartisan resolution to support human rights protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and condemn the cruel Ayatollah regime’s oppression of women and its people. Reps. Abigail Spanberger (VA-07), Maria Salazar (FL-27) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) joined Rep. Kim as …continue reading
Reps. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Susie Lee (D-NV) led eight of their House colleagues to introduce the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act (SISA), to make the sanctions established by the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 permanent. The bill is a companion to Senate legislation introduced by Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC), Maggie …continue reading
Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), today, joined with House colleagues David Price (NC-04), Barbara Lee (CA-13) Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), John Yarmuth (KY-03), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Peter Welch (VT-At Large), Lloyd Doggett (TX-35), and Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) in releasing the following joint statement on the announcement that the Trump Administration would seek …continue reading
Representative Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39) joined more than 35 of his colleagues to demand answers on the White House’s decision to carry out the airstrike against Qasem Soleimani and the national security strategy towards curbing Iran’s aggression and nuclear ambitions. “For the past 17 years, Americans have shouldered the …continue reading
Today, Representative Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39) released the following statement in response to the United States’ airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Major General Qasem Soleimani and several high-level Iraqi militia officials. “Major General Qasem Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s proxy wars and unconventional warfare …continue reading
Representative Harley Rouda (CA-48) issued the following statement: We don’t agree on everything, but President Trump’s decision to call off a military strike against Iran was absolutely correct. Nearly two decades after the beginning of the Iraq War, our nation is still reckoning with the consequences of military action in …continue reading