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Somehow, thereβs always money and the political will for unnecessary wars of choice, but never for the things we actually want, like affordable child care, housing, or health care.
This is gut-wrenching. All of these children deserve justice and accountability. And thatβs why, as founder of the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus, I will be leading an effort to call for all the findings of DOD's ongoing investigation to be made public.
Donald Trumpβs war with Iran is a grave mistake, so I wonβt vote for a defense supplemental. Voting yes isnβt a vote for our troops; itβs the opposite. It will put them in harmβs way for objectives we canβt achieve and will be taken as an endorsement of this illegal war.
Amidst it all, Trumpβs ugly ballroom is still being built.
Trump isnβt working on a single thing that would improve Americansβ lives.
Trump is raising your gas prices while making the world much less safe. Heβs breaking promises left and right.
Caleb and Joshua are OUT of the Dilley detention center. Now, we need to keep up the pressure to shut down Dilley for good.
I'm here at the Dilley detention center today and I'm SO relieved that the GΓ‘mez-CuΓ©llar family is coming home. Like many others, they have followed the rules and ICE detained them anyway. We will keep fighting to end mass detention and shut down Dilley.
Iranβs new Ayatollah is still part of the hardline regime so the U.S. spent billions of dollars, lost Americans, and spiked gas prices for a worse outcome for Iranians. This is why the U.S. shouldnβt engage in regime-change operations in the first place: they usually backfire.
I will vote YES on tomorrow's Iran war powers resolution. And if any of my colleagues vote no, they should come to my district and explain to our service members why they believe debating before we risk their lives is a bad thing.
Another predictable consequence of reckless American wars in the Middle East: rising gas prices.
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Last weekend, I stopped by San Carlos Little Leagueβs opening day game. I played Little League growing up (my mom was my coach!) so it was very heartwarming and a little nostalgic to be out there. Team sports like this are so important for kids and our community.
TODAY β Please join me for a Telephone Town Hall tonight at 7pm PT. Watch live and submit your questions here: sarajacobs.house.gov/live
Looking forward to hearing from you!
The Trump Administration doesnβt have a plan to lower the cost of your health care.
This proposal isnβt a fix β it would put people at risk of HUGE medical bills and perpetuates our already broken health care system. We need universal, affordable health care for everyone.
Lagging background checks and rushed training of ICE agency recruits is a recipe for disaster β and weβve already seen it play out. ICE needs to be reined in.
I want to hear from YOU. Please join me for a Telephone Town Hall on Monday, March 2nd at 7pm PT. Watch live and submit your questions on my website: sarajacobs.house.gov/live
Over 100 civilians have already been killed in Iran at the hands of the U.S. and Israel β a result of Donald Trumpβs reckless and unnecessary war of choice. The U.S. should end all illegal military action in Iran now.
When the Republican Party can't explain their strategy (or lack thereof), they gaslight us. The American people can clearly see that President Trump isn't "ending a forever war," he's starting a new one.
We shouldnβt let Iran get a nuclear weapon β but the only sustainable way to achieve that is with diplomacy and verifiable agreements not by dropping bombs.
Only Congress can declare war, and yet we have not authorized this war, let alone received a proper intelligence briefing. Both the House and Senate must immediately return to D.C. to vote on war powers resolutions. The President cannot and should not take further unilateral action in Iran.
Thatβs why I take matters of war and peace so seriously β and itβs part of why I came to Congress in the first place: to ensure someone here is thinking about these consequences when the President tries to illegally take our country to war.
Trump promised to start no new wars, and then he turned around and started a regime change war in Iran. For my generation and my community in San Diego, war isnβt abstract or an out of sight, out of mind issue β itβs real and we pay the human cost of it.
The truth is that we had verifiable agreements to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon β and they were working. But President Trump withdrew from that deal, only to criticize the new reality that he created and bomb Iran anyway.
Many of my colleagues are already trying to falsely justify these strikes as reasonable to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. This is a familiar hark back to the rhetoric before the Iraq War: exaggerating threats to justify armed intervention.
Heβs putting our service members and our country at immediate risk for retaliation, wasting billions of taxpayer dollars, and setting us up for another endless war β all for regime change, that in the end will likely backfire.
Donald Trumpβs strikes on Iran will go down as one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in American history. Heβs failed to learn from history that the United States has an abysmal track record of success for military adventures in the Middle East.
It was so fun to celebrate the New Year at the San Diego TαΊΏt Festival with the Vietnamese-American Youth Alliance. ChΓΊc mα»«ng nΔm mα»i!
The SAVE America Act would block MILLIONS of Americans from voting.
Most driverβs licenses (including REAL IDs in all but 6 states) wonβt be enough because they donβt actually indicate citizenship. Many donβt have a passport/birth certificate at the ready.
Iβm hosting a Telephone Town Hall on Monday, March 2nd at 7pm PT.
You can watch live and submit questions here: sarajacobs.house.gov/live
Hope youβll join me!
