4th District Representative Jim Himes says he's proud of two votes taken in the House this week to reassert the Constitutional authority of Congress over any declarations of war that risks American lives and national security. One bill repeals the 2002 law that authorized the Iraq war, which has been used as justification for other U.S. military actions since then.  The other blocks the Trump administration from using any federal funds for unauthorized military force against Iran, unless the President is responding to an imminent threat.