“Congress must not sit idly by while the Trump administration supports Netanyahu’s barbaric warfare. We must not be complicit. We must take action for peace and pass this war powers resolution.”

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WASHINGTON – Today, during a speech on the House floor, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) urged her colleagues to support Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution, H.Con.Res.84, to protect lives in Lebanon and stop Trump’s support of Netanyahu’s human rights violations. In her remarks, Congresswoman Pressley called on Congress to end its complicity in these deadly attacks and defend innocent lives.

A transcript of Congresswoman Pressley’s floor speech is available below and the video is available here.

Transcript: Pressley Urges Colleagues to Support Lebanon War Powers Resolution & Protect Innocent Lives, Calls on White House to End the War

U.S. House of Representatives

June 3, 2026

I rise in support of the Lebanon War Powers Resolution.

More than three thousand innocent people have been killed in Lebanon by the Israeli military and over a million are displaced.

These are not abstract statistics; these are real lives. A baby who will grow up without a mother. An elder who is fleeing the only home they’ve ever known.

Congress must not sit idly by while the Trump administration supports Netanyahu’s barbaric warfare. We must not be complicit. We must take action for peace and pass this war powers resolution.

I urge my colleagues to vote yes on H.Con.Res.84.

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