Lawmaker urges colleagues to vote no on resolution said to limit president’s options on Iran

A lawmaker urged colleagues to vote no on a resolution the speaker said would constrain the president’s ability to act against Iran, arguing that Tehran poses an urgent threat.

The lawmaker said the United States is "confronting a regime that has spent decades, decades chanting 'death to America,'" and accused Iran of supporting proxies including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis that, the speaker said, have been responsible for "the deaths of hundreds and hundreds of American troops." The speaker also asserted that Iran is "working relentlessly towards a nuclear weapon" and warned that a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten the region and the wider world.

The lawmaker characterized the resolution under consideration as one that would "tie the hands of the president of the United States," and said lawmakers should not allow it to pass. "For that reason, I urge my colleagues to vote no on this resolution," the speaker said.

The remarks presented a security-focused rationale for opposing the resolution, emphasizing protection of U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East, American citizens overseas and regional allies. The lawmaker also condemned the Iranian regime’s treatment of its own people, saying it "murders its own people, tortures its own people," as part of a broader case for decisive measures.

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