Local politicians react to U.S. strikes on Iran

MICHIGAN. -- Local politicians are weighing in on the U.S. strikes on Iran.

ABC57's Julianne Grohowski got to sit down with Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga today, who says it's time for Iran to come to the table and abandon its nuclear ambitions.

"This is not about going to war, this is about stopping the war. This is about making sure that Iran cannot advance either against Israel or any other country in that region and the United States has been very clear in past years, from all kinds of presidents, is not going to be acceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, Donald Trump is the only one who actually really truly did something about it with this strike," stated Huizenga.

Several other local politicians have publicly commended President Donald Trump's action yesterday, including Congressman Rudy Yakym, Representative Marlin Stutzman, and Senators Jim Banks and Todd Young, they are all Republican.

But we're also starting to hear from politicians on the other side of the aisle, Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin had this to say, it reads in part quote:

"As someone who served in Iraq and saw up close the loss of blood and treasure over 20 years, I don't want to be embroiled in another drawn out conflict, and neither do the American people. This is exactly why our founders built a role for Congress on issues of war and peace,
to ensure questions of real consequence are answered before American men and women are engaged in war."