Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON  – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting for the War Powers Resolution to terminate the United States Armed Forces involvement from hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, unless authorized by Congress. “Today, I voted against President Trump’s reckless and illegal war in Iran. We have already lost American troops, and many others are injured. In their briefing to Congress this week, the Trump Administration could not articulate any credible rationale for the war nor a plan to bring it to an end.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on President Trump’s military action against Iran: “President Trump was elected on a promise to end forever conflicts and regime change wars. He has done the opposite. Early this morning, he announced a major military operation against Iran without authorization from Congress. By the President’s own admission, this operation will endanger U.S. personnel and this action risks drawing the U.S. and our allies into a wider conflict. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s sweeping tariffs: “Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and trade wars have been chaotic and reckless, raising costs for small businesses and adding roughly $1,700 to American families’ expenses since he took office. That is why I have opposed these tariffs and voted just last week to strike down the tariffs on Canada.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.Con.Res. 68, a War Powers Resolution directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress. “It is incumbent on Congress to reassert its Article I constitutional war powers as the President has unilaterally attacked Venezuela, captured its president, and used deeply concerning rhetoric toward our NATO allies, including over who should control Greenland.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after the United States military conducted a large-scale strike against Venezuela and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. “I am deeply concerned by reports of U.S. military strikes in Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro. There is no question that Nicolás Maduro is a brutal and corrupt leader who has inflicted enormous harm on the Venezuelan people. However, the reprehensible conduct of a foreign leader, absent a clear and immediate threat to the United States, does not give any president the authority to disregard the Constitution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (GA-06) ledother House Democrats in sending a letter to top Trump Administration officials on whether this heavy-handed, legally dubious interdiction effort will have any meaningful effect on drug addiction and drug related deaths in the United States.  “Regardless of the questionable legality of these strikes, an equally relevant question is whether this is even an effective means to curtail drug use in the United States,” the letter reads.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement on recent press reports of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) deporting cruise ship seafarers at the Port of Norfolk and other ports in the United States: “My office has been made aware of recent immigration enforcement actions by CBP at the Port of Norfolk and other ports in the United States against cruise ship seafarers from the Philippines and other nations even though they held valid C1/D visas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement after voting against the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025: “Congressional Republicans just voted to cancel federal funding for public broadcasting and important national security initiatives. These were funds that were just appropriated by legislation that passed by a bipartisan majority a few short months ago. And this comes just weeks after Republicans enacted the Big, Ugly Bill that adds $3.4 trillion to our national debt.