House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned President Donald Trump on Friday not to take offensive military action against Iran without explicit authorization from Congress, amid escalating discussion of U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
“The authority to declare war belongs solely to the United States Congress,” Jeffries said in the June 20 statement. “President Trump and his administration must refrain from engaging in offensive military action in Iran without the explicit approval of the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
