1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Demand Immediate Congressional Oversight of Iran Escalation and Arms Transfers   Dear Member of Congress,   I am writing to demand immediate congressional oversight of President Trump’s actions and intentions regarding Iran, and of the administration’s recently announced weapons transfers to Israel and Saudi Arabia.   Iran is not an imminent threat to the United States. The only reason Iran is becoming a direct risk is because President Trump is actively escalating tensions and publicly threatening military action that he is under no legal or strategic obligation to take.    The administration has justified continued and accelerated weapons transfers to Israel as necessary to ensure Israel’s readiness in the event of regional escalation or retaliation involving Iran. That justification is deeply troubling.  Such authority should not be used to bypass Congress in order to arm a government to position it in advance for blowback from a discretionary U.S.-driven escalation.   At the same time, the administration has announced $9 billion in interceptor missile sales to Saudi Arabia, explicitly framed as preparation for potential retaliation by Iran. That framing makes the underlying reality clear: these weapons are being rushed because the President is contemplating or threatening a discretionary strike that would otherwise be unnecessary.   Congress exists precisely to prevent this kind of executive overreach.   If the President were to stand down, de-escalate rhetoric, and pursue diplomacy, these weapons transfers would not be urgent and many would not be justified at all. Instead, Congress is being sidelined so the administration can prepare the region for blowback from a conflict of its own choosing.   I urge you to:   1. Immediately demand full briefings on the President’s intentions and any operational planning regarding Iran.  2. Conduct formal oversight hearings on the use of emergency authorities to bypass congressional review of arms sales.  3. Review and, if necessary, block weapons transfers to Israel, especially in light of ongoing Gaza operations.  4. Reassert Congress’s constitutional authority over war powers and foreign military sales.   Preventing an unnecessary regional war is not weakness. Allowing one to be engineered for political theater is negligence.   Congress must act now.