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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If you're having trouble connecting with the State Department, call my office at 619-280-5353.
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!
Even after the Supreme Court struck down his tariffs, Trump is back at it again.
Heβs so hell-bent on using tariffs to bully other countries (and pay for his tax cuts for the 1%) that heβs willing to make you literally pay for it.
Republicans gave ICE an extra $75 billion β and theyβre using that money to hire trigger-happy agents who donβt have nearly enough training.
But more training isnβt the answer. ICE is out of control and needs full-scale overhaul.
The Pentagonβs move to bring Grok into its classified systems, while pressuring Anthropic to drop key safeguards, is deeply alarming. Undermining AI safety and civil liberties protections could cause large-scale harm. We canβt let this happen.
I didnβt go, but I did listen. Donald Trump lied during his State of the Union speech more times than I could count.
I mean, at one point, he literally said βthe roaring economy is roaring like never before.β Look around, Don.
Border Patrol left a nearly blind refugee for dead, miles from his home. Theyβre responsible for Shah Alamβs death and they should be held responsible.
Last year, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization. But now, he wants to spend $2 billion just to recreate the systems and services the WHO already provides for a fraction of that cost.
Trump should just admit he made a mistake.
ICE is killing people β at times through deadly force, but also by denying vital medication in detention centers, scaring patients away from hospitals, arresting family members who serve as caregivers, and causing immeasurable harm to mental health.
Iβm excited to join @findoutpodcast.bsky.social's State of the Union livestream on February 24 at 7pm ET.
While Trump gaslights us, tune in here where Iβll help set the record straight and tell you about the ~actual~ state of the union: wearefindout.com/sotu
