Dear John,

This Thursday the House of Representatives passed my bill H.R. 550, which was amended to include Representative Barbara Lee’s (D-CA) legislation to repeal the 2002 Iraq War Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) and Representative Ro Khanna’s (D-CA) legislation to prohibit the use of military force against Iran without an AUMF. The legislation passed by a bipartisan vote of 236-166. Congress has a Constitutional responsibility to debate and declare war, and we have abdicated that responsibility for far too long. 

I’ve worked to address this issue in a bipartisan matter since I arrived in Congress in 2009. I carried this legislation to reassert Congress’ Article I responsibilities and to prevent any further costly wars without proper Congressional debate and oversight. We owe it to our service members, military families, and the American people to have this debate and fulfill our most solemn responsibility prescribed in the Constitution.

I would have never been able to pass this critical legislation without your support. If you would like to help me prevent future unnecessary conflicts, please give whatever you can here. 

Sincerely,

JOHN GARAMENDI 

www.garamendi.org

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