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Now I'll hand it over to Senator

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Baldwin to make some remarks.

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Senator.

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Thank you.

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I want to start by thanking all of

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you for joining us this morning,

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whether whenever I'm not

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working in Washington, D.C., I

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am usually traveling the state of

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Wisconsin and visiting with

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folks from communities,

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big and small,

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rural and urban.

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And no matter where I go, I really

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hear about the same issues

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facing Wisconsin families.

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Whether it's the rising cost of

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housing or childcare or

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healthcare, it's really harder

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for them to make ends meet.

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I take my job seriously to

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address those concerns and be a

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part of the solution.

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Trump promised these

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families to be a part of that

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solution too.

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He campaigned on bringing down

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the cost of all goods,

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cutting down the costs of gas

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and rent, groceries,

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you name it.

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Trump promised it.

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He also promised no

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new wars.

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This was welcome news because

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Wisconsinites have been clear.

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They do not want another

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endless foreign war.

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But less than two weeks ago,

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Trump started an

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illegal war with Iran.

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This is yet another broken

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promise from this president who

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pledged to end foreign conflicts,

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not start them.

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President Trump may have forgotten

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the lessons we learned in

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Iraq and Afghanistan,

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but Wisconsinites have it.

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They remember the cost of wars

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started without good

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reasons.

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And without a plan to

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get us out.

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Already this war has

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taken the lives of seven

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American service members and

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injured over 100 others.

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My thoughts are with the families

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who now have an empty seat

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at the dinner table and for

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the families who are up at night

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praying that they don't find

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themselves in that same position.

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President Trump started

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this war on a whim,

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with no congressional approval.

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Thousands of Americans in uniform

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who are stationed in the region,

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including Wisconsinites, are

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at risk because of it.

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This war of choice,

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this is a war of choices,

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but it shouldn't be the president's

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choice. So far,

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we've gotten no clear answers

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On why we're in this war.

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Actually, we've gotten about 10

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different and sometimes conflicting

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reasons why we are in this

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war.

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And we certainly haven't seen a

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clear plan of how it

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will end.

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While Trump was saying the war was

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very complete,

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Secretary Hegseth was saying

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exactly the opposite.

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So which one is it?

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All signs point to this president

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getting us into this war

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haphazardly, and it's

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deeply concerning because

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it's Wisconsinites who are going to

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pay the price.

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Wisconsinites need some answers.

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They should know why this

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administration is spending billions

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of dollars on a war with

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Iran, instead of

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investing in our schools or

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lowering the cost of groceries,

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health care, or rent.

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refused to do so on their own,

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I'm using every bit of leverage

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as a U.S.

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Senator I have to get

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those answers.

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At my core, I want this

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war to end.

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I want to stop wasting billions

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of dollars abroad and I want to

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prevent any more service members

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from dying.

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we need sunlight and

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to get some answers so

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that the American public can

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see in plain sight what

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is happening here.

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And that's why I'm calling on

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Leader Thune to hold public

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hearings and for Secretary Hegseth

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and Secretary Rubio and

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others from this administration to

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come to Congress to

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make their case to the American

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people.

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It's high time President

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Trump answered to the families

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of the brave soldiers putting

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their lives on the line

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for our country.

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And to the Wisconsinites who are

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paying the price for this war

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at the gas pump.

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I, along with five of my

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colleagues, have filed war

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powers resolutions,

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which we can force the Senate

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to vote on to end this

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war with Iran, unless

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Congress authorizes it.

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If Leader Thune refuses

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to hold public hearings,

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and the Trump administration

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continues to hide

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in darkness, I'm

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prepared to force every

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single senator to go on

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record and tell the American people

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whether or not they support

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another endless foreign

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war.

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I have long advocated

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against foreign wars.

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My whole career, I have

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believed that the very hard

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work of diplomacy

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is the answer,

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not war.

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I believe that when I voted against

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a war in Iraq,

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and I believe it today,

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Wisconsinites do not want more

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war. And that is why

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I'm fighting to end this

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one. And with that,

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I'll allow Aisling to open

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up the floor to your questions.

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Thank you. Just a reminder that

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questions should be submitted to the

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chat Q and a function.

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We will get to as many on topic

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questions as we can with Senator

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Baldwin. If you have any follow up

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questions, please direct them to our

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office via email afterwards.

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And it looks like we have a

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question already.

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Senator, what will hearings actually

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get you?

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That's a great question.

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And I would posit

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that they can make a huge

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difference. Just ask former

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Secretary Kristi Noem

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the difference that public

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hearings in Congress can make.

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But, first and foremost,

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public hearings on the war in Iran

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is the

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bare minimum that we need to

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do to hold this administration

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accountable for this war of

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choice. And secondly...

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Holding public hearings will

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be the vehicle through which the

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American people will get some

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answers.

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They need to know why we're even

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in this war.

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What is the goal of this war?

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And how are we going to get

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out of it?

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And why are we spending billions

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of dollars on this war

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instead of lowering health care

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costs and grocery costs and

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energy costs?

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Thank you.

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The next question we have is,

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Senator, what's your reaction to new

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reporting that indicates U.S.

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Forces were responsible for the

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deadly strike on an Iranian girls'

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school?

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I was absolutely heartbroken

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when I heard about

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the bombing in the first place, that

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a girls' school with

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about 175 students

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and teachers was

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struck on the first day of

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airstrikes in this war.

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to the idea that

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these innocent children were killed

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because of Donald Trump's

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reckless and illegal

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race to war.

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I want accountability.

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I want an investigation because

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the people I work for

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are not okay with

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their tax dollars funding

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this kind of thing.

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the tragic consequences

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of a war that no one wants.

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We have soldiers dying, and

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we have innocent children who

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are being bombed.

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muster a coherent

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rationale for why

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we're in this war in the first

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place. Or I want to remind you

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of what I said earlier.

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The president has

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grasped about a half-dozen

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separate different reasons why we

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might use military force in Iran.

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Can't land on one,

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and that is not acceptable.

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Thank you, Senator.

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The next question we have is,

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have you gotten a response from

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Leader Thune? Do you expect to get

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one?

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I have not yet heard

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back from Leader Thune

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on our demand for

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public hearings with

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Secretary Hedgeseth,

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Secretary Rubio, and other top

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administration officials to

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tell the American public why

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we are at war and why this

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administration is prioritizing

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spending billions on this

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for risking American

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servicemembers' lives.

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Instead of prioritizing on what

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Trump said he would, which is

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bringing down the costs of things

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here at home and ending

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foreign endless wars.

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However, I want to

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remind folks that because

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I have filed the War Powers

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Resolution, I will

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be able to use that as

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leverage to demand these public

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hearings. And I hope Leader Thun

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decides that it's a better

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allocation of Senate

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time to hold public hearings.

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On Trump's war of choice than

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it is to,

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you

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know, spend time

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voting on the floor on

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an issue that

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the administration should

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have come to us first on.

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Great, thank you, Senator, and we

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have time for one more question, so

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we'll end with this one.

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Any thoughts on short-term solutions

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to rising gas prices?

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You know, certainly

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the prices of

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gas are rising because

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of this

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president's war of choice.

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We were not under imminent threat of

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attack. We were under attack

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when the president decided to

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go into Iran.

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Iran is near

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the Gulf of Oman and

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the Persian Gulf and the

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Straits of Hormuz

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Uh, it is using it's,

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um,

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leverage to try to

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bring to a halt the

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passage of all commerce

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through the Straits of Hormuz,

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including the 20% of

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all global oil that travels

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through those Straits.

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That's going to have a

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very significant impact on

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the price of a barrel of oil and

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ultimately, and in quick

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order, the price of the pump.

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Believe that we

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need to be clear-eyed about why

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the price of gas is going up.

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But I also think that

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we should be going

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forward with ameliorating

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that as best we can for the people

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of America.

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And I would

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say two things about the

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price-of-energy. One is, I think

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it's appropriate to be looking at

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the strategic petroleum reserve

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as is being done.

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But I also wanna say that energy

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overall and US energy

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independence has also been seriously

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impaired by our president's

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attack on renewables, which

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are a part of our overall energy

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portfolio.

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And I believe this

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president has been very wrong and

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wrong-headed about

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his approach to energy

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overall.

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Great. Thank you so much.

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And that's all we have time for

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today. I'll be sending around a

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recording of this meeting to all

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participants in the next 30 minutes

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or so.

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Please feel free to reach out to me

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with any follow up questions.

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Thanks everyone.

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Recording.