WATCH: Sen. Schiff Condemns President Trump’s Unlawful Iran War, Announces He’ll Introduce New War Powers Resolution on NBC’s Meet the Press

Schiff also reflected on the life of Senator Lindsey Graham Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker where he discussed the ongoing unlawful war with Iran, emphasizing that President Trump’s war of choice has bolstered Iran’s economic position while driving up costs for Americans. The Senator also announced he will be introducing a War Powers Resolution this week to bring the conflict to an end, the first since the collapse of the ceasefire last week. Schiff also reflected on the life and legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) highlighting his sense of humor, willingness to reach across the aisle, and fond memories they shared while traveling around the world to advance America’s national security interests. View the full interview here. Key Excerpts: On Trump’s unconstitutional Iran war: […] You’re also seeing the problems with embarking on a war of choice. A war that the president got this country involved in, not because we were attacked or because there was an imminent threat of attack, but because he chose to do so. It was, I think, ill thought out. He never came to Congress for any authorization, so it was also unconstitutional and unlawful. I’ll be introducing another War Powers Resolution as soon as we go back this week to try to bring that conflict to an end. But sadly, Iran has realized that it has a kind of a nuclear weapon already. And that is the ability with minimal force to close the Strait of Hormuz and to choke off a big part of the world’s oil supply. And that has meant that Americans that are already struggling, that you know, with an economy that’s not working for people, are struggling harder now because they can’t afford the price of gas and groceries. And all the other impacts of this war of choice. So, very difficult to see where we go from here, except that it is likely to be protracted. It seems the administration is just fighting to get us back to something that looks a lot like the JCPOA. And I think President Trump’s tearing up of that agreement will go down as one of the gravest mistakes of foreign policy in history. On the loss of Senator Lindsey Graham: I think we’re all trying to wrap our heads around this giant loss. He was one of those figures that was really larger than life. That was so filled with energy that it’s hard to imagine him gone. But you have folks in political life who can disagree and not be disagreeable about it. Who can have sharp debates with you. But he had as Tim Scott was alluding to, a wonderful sense of humor. That he used to cut through the tension. He used that sense of humor in a self-effacing way. He would make a jest about his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. And he was just, I think, wonderful to travel with. I had the opportunity to go with him around the world to see the respect that world leaders had for him. I think those of us in the Senate, as well as around the world, understood how close he was to the president. Many of us considered him the Trump whisperer. If we wanted to know what the president’s thinking was or how he might be moved on something, you would go to Lindsey to discuss it. But what I remember most about Lindsey, what I will treasure most about him, was his just very quick wit. His wonderful sense of humor, and how he deployed it to move his policy positions forward. His tremendous grasp of foreign policy. His staunch support of Ukraine, which I think will be a big part of his legacy as well. ###