By failing to hold Iran War hearings, Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Jim Risch abdicates his constitutional duty

By failing to hold hearings on the Iran War, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, who chairs the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, abdicates his constitutional duty. Only Congress can declare war. Further, Idaho’s legacy in American foreign policy epitomized by U.S. Sens. William Borah and Frank Church is forfeited when Risch doesn’t do his job. []