1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I am writing with deep alarm about recent developments in U.S. foreign policy — particularly the growing risk of military escalation toward Cuba — amid an ongoing pattern of unauthorized military action by this administration. In recent weeks, the United States launched military action against Iran without congressional authorization and without presenting a clear, transparent legal rationale to the American people. That action has already expanded into broader regional hostilities, resulting in American casualties and civilian deaths. Meanwhile, U.S. involvement in Venezuela has escalated in ways that have drawn international concern and raised serious constitutional questions about executive overreach. Now, statements and rhetoric from President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio signal a dangerous trajectory toward confrontation with Cuba. Cuba is already facing severe economic and humanitarian strain, worsened by intensified U.S. sanctions and policy shifts. Escalatory language about regime change or intervention — even if framed rhetorically — increases the risk of miscalculation, provocation, and ultimately armed conflict. The pattern is unmistakable: unilateral executive action, threats of regime change, and disregard for congressional authorization. This is not constitutional governance. It is the consolidation of war-making authority in the hands of one individual. Congress — not the President — holds the authority to declare war. Allowing further military escalation against Cuba without debate and authorization would represent another unlawful expansion of executive power and another destabilizing intervention in the hemisphere. A U.S. military escalation against Cuba would carry severe consequences: civilian harm and humanitarian catastrophe; destabilization across the Caribbean and Latin America; irreparable damage to U.S. diplomatic credibility; and increased global perception of the United States as unpredictable and lawless. Congress must act now — before events overtake deliberation. 1. Publicly reaffirm that no military action against Cuba is authorized without explicit congressional approval. 2. Introduce and pass legislation prohibiting any unauthorized use of military force against Cuba. 3. Block funding for any planning, mobilization, or escalation that moves beyond lawful diplomatic engagement. 4. Hold urgent oversight hearings compelling sworn testimony from executive officials regarding their intentions, legal authorities, and strategic objectives. The American people were not consulted before this administration initiated hostilities elsewhere. We cannot allow another unauthorized conflict to unfold through executive impulse and ideological fixation. We are in a deeply dangerous moment — for American democracy, for regional stability, and for the credibility of our constitutional system. If Congress does not assert its authority now, it risks becoming irrelevant in the gravest decision a nation can make: whether to go to war. Prevent escalation. Reclaim your constitutional power. Act before it is too late.