Crow Outlines Vision for the Future of U.S. National Security, Ending Forever Wars

September 17, 2026 Press Release WASHINGTON — Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO), a former paratrooper and Army Ranger who serves on the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, gave keynote remarks at both New America and the Center for American Progress, where he discussed the decades of conflict in the Middle East and how the lessons he learned during his three combat tours shape his work in Congress, including his opposition to President Trump’s reckless war with Iran. At New America & Arizona State University’s “Future Security Forum,” Crow was in conversation with Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and New America’s Anne-Marie Slaughter. At the Center for American Progress’ “Reforming National Security for the Future” conference, he spoke alongside Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). “Some of our best foreign foreign policy successes in our history are as much stories of restraint as they are of action,” said Congressman Crow in his remarks at the Center for American Progress. “It's not inevitable, in my view, that we have to be in an endless cycle of conflict.” Image “Think about what the world may have looked like had we chosen a law-enforcement based response to 9/11 as opposed to an exclusively militarized response to 9/11…[If] we had built coalitions, we had collaborated with international law enforcement operations, we had used precise special operations to go after our adversaries, to go after terrorists, and we had built a network to go after terrorism long-term, instead of going in and occupying Afghanistan and then going to Iraq. Well, we would’ve saved trillions of dollars, we would’ve saved tens of thousands of lives, both our lives and the lives of others around the world, we would’ve preserved that goodwill, and it would’ve led to a drastically different response,” said Congressman Crow in his remarks at New America’s Future Security Forum. Image This week, the House passed Congressman Crow’s War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s war with Iran. It passed the House with bipartisan support. At a press conference and floor debate before the vote, Crow spoke about the cost of forever wars like Trump’s conflict with Iran on working class Americans. Congressman Crow continues to lay out his affirmative vision for Colorado and the country, including on the Future of American Foreign Policy . He is looking to build a future that brings Americans together, protects our democracy, and ensures leaders are accountable to working class Americans—his vision for New American Patriotism . ### Issues : National Security