科罗拉多州共和党众议员劳伦·博伯特在周一的一场辩论中，面对关于这场对伊朗的军事冲突是否值得美国民众付出如此代价的质询时，明确表示反对这场战争。
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) spoke out against the Iran war when pressed during a Monday debate about whether the military conflict was worth its cost to the American public.
“我从来都不希望美国与伊朗开战，”博伯特说道，“这场战争在诸多方面都带来了负面影响。”
“I never wanted us to be at war in Iran,” Boebert said. “This has been detrimental on many levels.
“我也要重申：特朗普总统是三军统帅，他并非第一位行使统帅权动用武力的总统，”她接着说道，“我也认同这场战争代价高昂；我听到许多共和党人、无党派人士以及民主党人都希望战争早日结束，我同样如此。”当前，由于民众对中东冲突日益不满，加之该冲突给全球能源市场带来巨大压力，共和党在即将到来的中期选举中面临着巨大挑战。
“I also will stand by and say that President Trump is the commander-in-chief, and he is not the first president to use force through his powers as commander-in-chief,” she continued. “I do agree that this is expensive, and I hear from Republicans, unaffiliated and Democrats that they want this to come to an end, and so do I.” The Republican Party has faced an uphill battle headed into the midterm elections amid rising public discontent with the Middle East conflict and the strain it has placed on global energy markets.
据美国汽车协会统计，周二美国普通汽油的平均价格已升至每加仑约4.34美元，较去年同期上涨了40%以上。在上个月由CNN与SSRS联合开展的民意调查中，64%的受访美国民众认为，持续了七个月之久的针对德黑兰的军事行动并未取得成效。
The average cost of standard gasoline in the U.S. was up to around $4.34 a gallon on Tuesday — over a 40 percent increase from a year ago, according to AAA. In a CNN and SSRS poll conducted last month, 64 percent of Americans polled said the U.S. was not winning with the military operation against Tehran, which has now stretched over seven months.
9News节目主持人凯尔·克拉克询问博伯特，国会正在采取哪些措施来促使战争结束。
9News Moderator Kyle Clark asked Boebert about what Congress was doing to try to bring the war to a close.
“我们正定期与国防部以及总统及其政府沟通，商讨如何终止这场战争，”这位科罗拉多州共和党议员答道。
“We are having conversations with the Department of War and with the president and his administration on a regular basis about how to come to an end with this,” the Colorado Republican replied.
“由激进派民主党人发起的那种象征性的程序性投票根本无法解决问题；更不可能为伊朗设定一个明确的战争终止日期，好让他们随后采取行动，”她补充道。
“A symbolic, procedural vote put on by progressive Democrats is not going to be the answer and to give Iran a clear end date so then they can do something afterwards,” she added.
她的民主党竞争对手、退役海军少将艾琳·劳巴彻则严厉批评这位共和党现任议员：她拒绝支持众议院提出的旨在敦促特朗普政府结束冲突的战争权力决议案。
Her Democratic challenger, retired Navy Rear Adm. Eileen Laubacher, slammed the GOP incumbent over her refusal to back war powers resolutions in the House to urge the Trump administration to bring the conflict to a close.
“你的职责就是投票决定是否支持这场战争继续下去。据我所知，博伯特女士已经五次投票支持让战争持续下去，”劳巴赫尔说道。
“Your job is to vote whether or not you think the war should continue, and Ms. Boebert has voted now I believe five times to keep this war going,” Laubacher said.
“因此，你可以整天宣称自己不希望战争发生、希望战争早日结束，但你却没有利用手中的投票权来替第四选区的民众发声——那些反对这场战争的人们，”这位民主党候选人继续说道。
“And so, you can say all day long that you don’t want there to be war and you want it to draw to a close, but you’re not using your voice to raise the voices of the people you describe in Congressional District 4 who are opposed to this war,” the Democratic nominee continued.
“你的职责就是在国会中成为他们的代言人，向总统传达‘我们不希望这场战争继续’的心声，可你却未能履行这一职责，”她补充道。
“Your job is to be their voice in Congress, their voice to the president, saying we do not want this war, and you are failing to do that,” she added.
博伯特正在竞选连任科罗拉多州第四国会选区的议员。该选区十多年来一直由共和党掌控。这一选区拥有大量从事农耕与畜牧业的居民，而他们对特朗普政府实施的关税政策越来越持怀疑态度。
Boebert is running for reelection in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, which has been reliably red for over a decade. The district includes a large farming and ranching community, a population that has become increasingly skeptical of the Trump administration’s tariffs.