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I rise today to once

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again try to end

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President Trump's war

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of choice in Iran.

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We're nearly five months into this

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war with no end

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in sight.

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President Trump and Pete Hegseth

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have spent at least $37.5

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billion on

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a war that Americans

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overwhelmingly oppose.

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Americans are footing the bill with

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their tax dollars

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and at the pump

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as higher prices continue.

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We've lost 18

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American service members,

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with hundreds more wounded.

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My heart is with the military

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families who are grieving

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the loss of

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a loved one.

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Now, after months of

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chaos, Secretary Hegseth

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wants Congress to sign

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off on nearly $70

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billion for

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this illegal war.

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Nearly $70 million more

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of our money to

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fund a war that Americans did

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not choose.

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That's $70 billions

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that we could be using

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to bring down the cost of housing

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and help folks.

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Get their foot in the

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door to buy their very

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first home.

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That's $70 billion that we

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could be using to help families

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afford child care

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and allow parents to

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get back to work.

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And that's$ 70 billion

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that could be using to

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lower Americans'

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health insurance premiums,

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fund our rural hospitals,

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or put some of

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the damage from Republicans.

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Cuts to Medicaid to

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rest, in other words, restore that

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money.

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Instead, this president

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wants nearly $70 billion

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for a war that's spiraling

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further out of control.

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That is his priority,

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not Americans' housing costs

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or insurance premiums,

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but rather a war across

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the globe that nobody

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asked for.

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Even worse...

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We are five months into this

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war, and this administration refuses

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to give us straight

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answers about when

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this conflict will end.

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It does not

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have to be this way.

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It's clear the only

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way to stop this war and

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find a political solution

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through diplomacy and tough

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negotiations is for

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Congress to force President

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Trump's hand.

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He started this war.

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And he's clearly incapable

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of ending it on his

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own.

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So on behalf of all of

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our constituents who are

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paying the price,

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I urge my Republican colleagues

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to join us in

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bringing an end to

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this war before another

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American life is

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lost.

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I yield.