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Featuring: Joe Courtney, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 2nd Congressional District

Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War

Published April 14, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:09

Mr. Speaker, over the last seven weeks, the most arduous and heart wrenching cost of this war has been borne by 13American soldiers who lost their lives and their families. Hundreds of service members have been injured, and hundreds of innocent civilians... have been killed. some the very victims of Iran's brutal regime that President Trump said he would liberate, have been killed. (01:09–01:20)

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Asserts that hundreds of service members and civilians have been injured or killed in the conflict.

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“The most arduous and heart wrenching cost of this war has been borne by 13 American soldiers who lost their lives and their families.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 01:00-01:10
“American consumers have paid 19.9 billion in added costs [for gasoline and diesel fuel] since February.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 02:10-02:17
“The President announced that he was instituting a naval blockade of all Iranian ports with no allied support.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 03:09-03:16
“There are reports that a request is coming to us for as much as $200 billion to pay for his [President Trump's] initiative.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 03:48-03:56
“Congress will have an opportunity to assert its constitutional role when we vote for the second time on a War Powers act resolution to force…”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 00:02-00:16
“On February 28, the President, without consultation with Congress and almost all of our longtime allies, ordered military strikes against…”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 00:32-00:41
“The President has never articulated what exactly was the imminent threat to the homeland on that date.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 00:49-00:56
“Our service members have had their deployments in the Middle East abnormally extended.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 01:21-01:26
“The war has driven up inflation, driven down the stock market, raised interest rates, and sharply driven up energy prices.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 01:40-01:48
“President Trump ignored US Military advice that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 01:47-01:53
“Researchers at Brown University... released a real time running Iran War Cost Tracker that calculates the increased cost to gasoline and…”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 01:59-02:11
“Under the law of the sea, this [naval blockade] is an act of war.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 03:27-03:31
“This war powers resolution failed by a vote of 212 to 219.”
Courtney Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan War Powers Resolution to End Iran War | Uploaded April 14, 2026 | 04:31-04:35