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On the House Floor on Wednesday, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) demanded that President Trump consult Congress before acts of war.

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00:00No more wars. The majority of Americans do not support our country getting into another endless war.
00:08President Trump violated the United States Constitution by sending United States troops to bomb Iran without congressional authorization.
00:18Taking our country to war requires a vote in Congress.
00:22Every single one of us represents close to 800,000 people, and they deserve a vote.
00:27The American people do not again want another war. They do not want us spending endless amount of money to invest in death and destruction.
00:35They want us to fund Medicaid, housing, Head Start, having access to clean water, and so many critical programs that our communities desperately need.
00:45We have seen our government manufacture consent for the invasion of Iraq that killed and displaced millions of people, our loved ones, and created total devastation and instability in the region.
00:56We have seen our government lie about weapons of mass destruction before.
01:02We're not going to fall for it again.
01:05Instead of listening to the American people who are saying no more wars, Trump is listening to genocidal maniac war criminal Netanyahu, who lied about Iraq and now is lying about Iran.
01:18That I yield.
01:19For what?
01:20For what?
01:21For what?

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