Statement of Rep. Danny K. Davis on U.S. Drone Strike at Iraq Airport

The Administration’s January 2, 2020 rash, provocative drone strike at the Baghdad airport which killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was taken without Congressional authorization or consultation and represents a reckless escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran and threatens to inflame conflict across the Middle East. The erratic statements and actions of the Administration has escalated U.S. - Iranian relations into a cycle of conflict with the potential to spiral rapidly out of control. It is now imperative for the Congress to rein in this President’s ill-considered, swaggering military adventurism and assert its Constitutional responsibility on the making of war.