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I rise today to once again try to end President Trump's War of Choice in Iran.

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We're not only five months into this war, with no end in sight.

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President Trump and Pete Hegseth have spent at least $37.5 billion on a war that Americans

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overwhelmingly oppose.

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Americans are footing the bill with their tax dollars and at the pump as higher prices

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continue.

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We've lost 18 American service members, with hundreds more wounded.

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My heart is with the military families who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

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Now, after months of chaos, Secretary Hegseth wants Congress to sign off on nearly $70 billion

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for this illegal war.

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Nearly $70 billion more of our money to fund a war that Americans did not choose.

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That's $70 billion that we could be using to bring down the cost of housing and help

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folks get their foot in the door to buy their very first home.

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That's $70 billion that we could be using to help families afford childcare and allow

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parents to get back to work.

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And that's $70 billion that we could be using to lower Americans' health insurance premiums,

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fund our rural hospitals or put some of the damage from Republicans' cuts to Medicaid

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to rest.

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In other words, restore that money.

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Instead, this president wants nearly $70 billion for a war that's spiraling further out of

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control.

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That is his priority, not Americans' housing costs or insurance premiums, but rather a

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war across the globe that nobody asked for.

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Even worse, we are five months into this war, and this administration refuses to give us

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straight answers about when this conflict will end.

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It does not have to be this way.

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It's clear the only way to stop this war and find a political solution through diplomacy

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and tough negotiations is for Congress to force President Trump's hand.

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He started this war, and he's clearly incapable of ending it on his own.

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So on behalf of all of our constituents who are paying the price, I urge my Republican

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colleagues to join us in bringing an end to this war before another American life is

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lost.

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I yield.