Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration's shifting rationales and objectives in the Iran war, warning that Democrats would not support the Pentagon's request for additional funding.
"As a U.S. senator, this administration's refusal to explain what it is doing or how this war is protecting Americans, its refusal to seek authorization from Congress, and its expectation that Americans will just pay for it all without any explanation or transparency is disrespectful," she said in her opening statement.
Last month, the Trump administration submitted an $88 billion supplemental funding request to Congress, the bulk of which would go toward covering the cost of the Iran war.
The conflict began in late February and has recently returned to the brink of all-out war following the collapse of the ceasefire.
"My colleagues and I cannot and will not support rubber-stamping a request to bankroll this war and whatever other misadventures Trump wants to get us into next," Sen. Murray said. "The American people want to see a quick and strategic end to this war, not $70 billion of their tax dollars sent to keep it going."
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