April 22, 2026
Today, after Senate Republicans voted for a fifth time to block War Powers Resolutions that would end President Trump’s war in Iran, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement:
“Working families are struggling with higher prices on everything from groceries to health care to gas, and President Trump’s war of choice in Iran is only making the essentials more expensive. He still has not clearly explained to the American people why we are in Iran, what his objectives are, or what his exit strategy is, but he continues to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on an overseas conflict while families here at home struggle to put food on the table. It’s completely absurd. Democrats will continue to fight for common sense by forcing votes to stop this chaos, including on my own War Powers Resolution that I introduced last week, even as congressional Republicans repeatedly rubberstamp endless spending on a war the American people do not want.”
