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For Immediate Release
Contact:

Paul Kawika Martin, Peace Action, 951-217-7285 cell, pmartin@peace-action.org
Gabe Murphy, Peace Action, 510-501-3345 cell, gmurphy@peaceaction.org

Legislation Introduced to End U.S. Role in Yemen War

In response to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introducing a bipartisan, privileged resolution with 23 other Representatives to force a vote on whether or not to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin the Senior Director, Policy and Political Affairs for Peace Action, released the following statement:

WASHINGTON

In response to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introducing a bipartisan, privileged resolution with 23 other Representatives to force a vote on whether or not to end U.S. support for the war in Yemen, Paul Kawika Martin the Senior Director, Policy and Political Affairs for Peace Action, released the following statement:

"Peace Action applauds Reps. Adam Smith (D-WA, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee), Eliot Engel (D-NY, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McGovern (D-MA, Ranking Member of the Rules Committee), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Thomas Massie (R-KY) and others for invoking the War Powers Resolution to stop the illegal involvement of the U.S. in the war in Yemen. Peace Action helped pass the War Powers Resolution in 1973 over the veto of President Nixon so Congress can stop the White House and the Pentagon from engaging in costly wars that make Americans less safe.

"U.S. support for the Saudi/UAE-led coalition will be remembered as one of the greatest misapplications of American military support in history. The unauthorized U.S. role in the war has given rise to the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, made the U.S. complicit in countless war crimes and violations of international law and undermined our national security interests. Congress should have ended our role in Yemen's suffering long ago, but every ten minutes that Congress fails to act, another child in Yemen dies of war-related causes. Any member of Congress who continues supporting this war will have to explain to their constituents why blindly facilitating war crimes in Yemen is in our nation's interest."

Peace Action is the United States' largest peace and disarmament organization with over 100,000 members and nearly 100 chapters in 34 states, works to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons, promote government spending priorities that support human needs and encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights.