“THE DAM IS BREAKING”: CONGRESSMAN PAT RYAN’S “NO FUNDS FOR IRAN WAR ACT” GAINS SUPPORT AS HOUSE AGAIN VOTES TO END WAR IN IRAN

“The Dam is Breaking”: Congressman Pat Ryan’s “No Funds for Iran War Act” Gains Support as House Again Votes to End War in Iran

For more than six months, the Trump Administration has waged war in Iran without Congressional approval, costing Americans more than $100 billion, killing 18 brave U.S. servicemembers, and wounding hundreds more

Ryan has voted to end the war six times, with a third consecutive vote passing the House last night with bipartisan support

Ryan’s No Funds for Iran War Act – which prohibits the use of additional taxpayer funds for the war in Iran – has also gained steady support and now has more than 60 cosponsors

Ryan has been the leading voice of opposition to Trump’s war in Iran; he sits on the House Armed Services Committee, is the first West Point graduate to represent the Academy in Congress, and served two combat tours in Iraq earning him two Bronze Stars

WASHINGTON, DC  –  Following last night’s vote to pass a third War Powers Resolution to end President Trump’s war in Iran, Congressman Pat Ryan announced growing support for his No Funds for Iran War Act, legislation to prohibit the use of additional taxpayer dollars on Trump’s war without Congressional approval. The bill now has more than 60 cosponsors. 

Ryan – an Iraq War combat veteran and the first West Point graduate to represent the Academy in Congress – has voted to end Trump’s war in Iran six separate times, with each vote gaining bipartisan support. The resolution last night passed the House of Representatives for a third consecutive time by a vote of 220-204. Trump’s war has now killed 18 brave U.S. troops, injured more than 800, and raised prices across the board on the American people. 

More than six months into the war with Iran, Ryan is encouraging his colleagues not to give up the fight, and urging Members across the aisle to listen to their constituents and join his efforts to stop the war. 

“Every single American – from the military families with loved ones deployed overseas, to the farmer buying fertilizer to feed our communities, to the mom filling up her gas tank – is feeling the impact of this reckless war with Iran. The American people want this war to end – and it's past time for Trump, Hegseth, and all their allies in Congress to listen,” said Congressman Pat Ryan. “Every time we force my Republican colleagues to face the facts, more and more of them vote with us. We’ve now voted three times, in a bipartisan way, to end the war. But Trump continues to ignore the will of the people. My bill to prohibit the use of more taxpayer dollars now has more than 60 cosponsors and would cut off his recklessness at the source. The dam is breaking – we have to keep up the pressure. I’m going to keep fighting everyday, with every fiber of my being, to end this war and bring our troops home.”

According to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Trump’s war in Iran has caused more than 40 percent of inflation from the second quarter of 2026 and will continue to drive inflation higher into 2027, meaning the cost of basic goods will continue to rise. CBO also stated the U.S. military will not be able to replace munitions for at least five years. 

A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 61 percent of Americans believe using military force against Iran was a mistake, making Trump’s war as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the peak of violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. 

The Pentagon’s internal overall cost estimate has exceeded $100 billion. That number doesn’t even account for the cost to the American people. Gas prices have soared, as people across NY‐18 have spent an additional $172 million on gas since the beginning of the war, costing the average family in our district an additional $646 in gas costs over the past six months. Grocery prices have also skyrocketed as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

Ryan has repeatedly cosponsored and voted in favor of War Powers Resolutions to end the war in Iran six separate times – with bipartisan support for the effort steadily growing:

• March 5, 2026 – vote fails 212 - 219, with two Republicans voting YEA
• April 16, 2026 – vote fails 213 - 214, with four Republicans abstaining
• May 14, 2026 – vote fails after 212 - 212 tie with three Republicans voting YEA
• June 3, 2026 – vote PASSES 215 - 208, with four Republicans voting YEA
• July 23, 2026 – vote PASSES 214 - 208, with seven Republicans abstaining 
• September 15, 2026 – vote PASSES 220 - 204, with seven Republicans voting YEA and eight abstaining 

In May, amid reports that the Pentagon would seek $200B in supplemental funding for the war, Ryan introduced the No Funds for Iran War Act, which would prohibit the use of additional taxpayer funds for military action against Iran in the absence of an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) or official declaration of war from Congress. Ryan introduced the legislation with the support of his fellow Democratic veterans in Congress, and it has continued to grow in support in the enduring months of the war.  

In April, Ryan confronted Hegseth himself during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, pressing him on his failure to protect troops at Port Shuaiba. Following new reporting on the strike on Port Shuaiba, Ryan opened an investigation in August into how the Department of Defense failed to provide adequate medical care to service members injured and demanded answers about the Department's lack of preparation for a strike against Port Shuaiba. 

In July, Ryan spoke on the House floor against handing Hegseth’s Pentagon a $1.5 trillion blank check through the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). He criticized colleagues for again refusing to consider his No Funds for Iran War Act, especially following the successful passage of a War Powers Resolution. 

“It's personal to me. Having served twenty-seven months in combat in Iraq. Watching us double down on a losing strategy, year after year, while my friends and fellow soldiers – many of whose names are on this memorial bracelet I wear – fought and died. It's personal to the now eighteen families who lost their loved ones in this reckless war in Iran — sons, daughters, husbands, wives, somebody's whole world. It’s personal to the hundreds more wounded, many carrying injuries that will last their entire lives from this war,” Ryan said on the House floor.

Ryan’s full floor remarks can be viewed here. 

Most recently, when the Trump administration tried to downplay the number of casualties in the war, Ryan again joined his Democratic veteran colleagues in demanding the Administration accurately and transparently account for U.S. servicemembers killed and wounded in the Iran war. 

Congressman Ryan is a U.S. Army veteran, served two combat tours in Iraq, and is the first West Point graduate to represent the Academy in the U.S. House of Representatives. Amid recent threats to veterans’ benefits, national security concerns, and rising threats worldwide, Congressman Ryan led his fellow veterans in Congress to create the Democratic Veterans Caucus. He sits on the House Armed Services Committee and has led extensive legislation to deliver relief for veterans, servicemembers, and military families. 

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