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Marcy Kaptur

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Kaptur centers her remarks on northwestern Ohio and the Great Lakes region, returning repeatedly to tariffs on Canada, the cost of living, the First Energy ratepayer scandal, and the deployment of appropriations bills, and she frequently names specific dollar figures and local examples to make her case. She is a sharp critic of the Trump administration and House Republican leadership, often framing their actions in strong terms such as “reckless and power-hungry” and “lawless,” though she also works across party lines, as on the bipartisan discharge petition for the Major Richard Star Act, and devotes many statements to honoring constituents and community figures. She usually supports her claims with figures—tariff costs per household, enrollment drops, war spending—though some of those figures are presented without sources, and her rhetoric sometimes outruns the evidence she offers. She uses her floor time efficiently, rarely filling it with procedural filler, and presses concrete asks such as hearings, discharge signatures, and a return to regular order.Written by AI from their statements. Updated .

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Statements 17

House of Representatives ·

Tariffs on Canada

“We need to get rid of the tariffs on Canada. Tariffs are taxes on Americans that make everyday goods cost more. They have already cost Ohio families over $2,000 each and hurt our sales to Canada.”
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Mr. Speaker, the President’s U.S. Trade Ambassador was born in California, graduated from college in Utah, and lived in Virginia. He does not know anything about the Great Lakes region or our economy. The Great Lakes economy is the third largest in the world, amounting to over $6 trillion. The administration has now imposed more huge tariffs on the American people. Tariffs are taxes on the American people. They increase the cost of everything. Rising prices especially hit hard in my home State of Ohio, the largest exporter of goods to Canada in the Great Lakes region. Numbers don’t lie. U.S. exports to Canada keep going down. Tariffs have already cost Ohioans in industry, agriculture, consumer goods, and tourism over $11 billion more in rising prices due to these tariffs since January of last year. That amounts to over $2,274 for each household, which is unacceptable. Why would a U.S. President force this burden on the American people? Consumers and producers must stand up against these destructive tariffs. Let’s get rid of these crippling tariffs, protect hardworking Americans, and preserve our valued friendships with our closest, reliable, fair trading partner in Canada.

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Celebrating Opening of Gordie Howe Bridge

“The new Gordie Howe Bridge between Canada and Detroit will open this Monday. It was built with Canadian money and American union workers, and it will help our economy grow. I want the President to support the Great Lakes region instead of putting more tariffs on us.”
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Mr. Speaker, this coming Monday morning, July 27, in the heart of the largest freshwater endowment on Earth, the Great Lakes, the iconic $6 billion Gordie Howe bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, will officially open. This magnificent suspension bridge, built totally with Canadian financing, coupled with the might of American union muscle, will usher in a new horizon for our international and connected economies and freshwater kingdom. This achievement will lift up our industrial and agricultural nations to new possibilities. As with President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visionary construction of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System following World War II that connected our distant heartland region to the Atlantic Ocean through Canada, this singularly masterful achievement will propel economic growth in long-neglected corridors as multi-transport by rail, air, sea, and land are reimagined and joined. I implore the President of our country and his coastal advisers to see the Great Lakes nation as a long-ignored bastion. Don’t put more tariffs on us. Help us build our economy forward in the most sustainable region on planet Earth.

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Honoring Cassy Dornbusch on Her Retirement

“I want the House to vote on a bill to give injured veterans both their disability pay and their retirement benefits. We only need three more members to sign the petition to force a vote.”

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Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight in strong support of the bipartisan Major Richard Star Act. Servicemembers injured in the line of duty have already given so much to our Nation of their substance. They should not be forced to sacrifice again when they return home to their families. Many of these disabled veterans are unable to work full-time. They often face insurmountable challenges for the rest of their lives. Many are denied the full compensation they deserve for all their service. The Major Richard Star Act will correct this injustice by rightfully compensating these veterans with disability pay and retirement benefits. That is why I am a cosponsor of the bill and have signed the discharge petition to bring this essential piece of bipartisan legislation to the House floor for a fair up-or-down vote. I urge my colleagues who have not signed on to this petition to support our veterans and stand with me on their behalf. We are just three signatures away from being able to vote on and pass this bill which already has 337 bipartisan cosponsors. Let’s bring it forward, and do the job. Mr. Speaker, I implore you to bring this monumental legislation for a clean vote, so we can give something back to those who have given so much for all of us and the generations to come. I ask my colleagues to sponsor the Major Richard Star Act, just sign the discharge petition. We only need three signatures more, and we can move this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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“The administration broke privacy laws by collecting private Social Security data and giving it to states to remove people from voter rolls. This system used bad data that falsely labeled real citizens as dead or as noncitizens, canceling their voter registrations. A judge stopped this, but damage has already occurred. I urge all Americans, especially seniors, to check their voter registration at Vote.org to make sure they can still vote.”
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Mr. Speaker, the President’s reckless and power-hungry administration has made yet another attempt to stifle the rights of millions of hardworking Americans. He implemented a lawless database that violated privacy rights. He compiled citizens’ private Social Security information to illegally distribute that to States eager to purge voter rolls. This is on top of the administration’s secret plan, alongside Speaker Mike Johnson here in this House, to cut hard-earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. Not only was this data collection started under Elon Musk and his DOGE illegal team, a myriad of so-called data was fabricated and inaccurate. Americans were mislabeled as noncitizens or deceased by the database. They had their voter registrations canceled without any notification whatsoever: Thank goodness for the work of prosecutors and an ethical district court judge for blocking their illegal action. The damage has already been done. I urge every citizen listening, especially those who are senior citizens, go to a website called vote.org to check your registration status to ensure your rightful access to the ballot box. That is Vote.org to check your voter registration status to ensure your rightful access to the ballot box itself. Sadly, you and I both know that this will not be the last time this administration and their billionaire buddies try to limit your sacred right to vote. This year, please make your voices heard, check whether or not your name is registered as a voter that can vote this November or an early vote in your State if that is allowed. Check your voter registration at Vote.org. Compensating Veterans with Disability Pay and Retirement Benefits

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“House leaders need to let us pass the bills that fund the government on time. We are being sent home for break without finishing this work, and the deadline is October 1. Delaying these bills hurts American families, slows down government services, and keeps agencies from hiring workers.”

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say that the leaders of this Chamber need to allow a return to regular order. We are far from that. We see the constant churn of failed rule votes, budget bills hopelessly behind schedule, Congress sent home, dozens and dozens and dozens of days wasted going away from this Chamber rather than passing the bills that are critical, such as appropriation bills not receiving consideration in the timetable allowed, and with a hail Mary pass pivoting to congressional continuing resolutions instead of passing bills to effectively govern. The Appropriations Committee worked on each of our 12 bills. We did our job and tried to move them forward. For weeks, the Energy and Water Development bill impacting every Congressional District in our Nation has been purposefully delayed after a rule to consider it failed for no good reason. Now we head home. We are being sent home again for the August recess and district work period without Speaker Johnson allowing our work to be completed to fund our country for the coming fiscal year. The fiscal year ends the last day of September. The new fiscal year begins October 1. This Congress has failed in its duty. The clock is ticking even louder. I wish the leadership of this Chamber cared about returning to regular order. We are living through great disorder here, but they seem to be fine kicking the can down the road. This hurts every American family. As they prepare income tax forms, people can’t get answers. It hurts the Department of Veterans Affairs. They can’t hire the staff they need. It hurts every single American calling in to the Federal Government and trying to get answers to questions they have because of understaffing and uncertainty. This isn’t the way to run a country of 340 million people. Someone has to restore regular order to this Congress and this House. My fellow appropriators and I stand ready to do this work. We have done our work. The question is: Will this speaker and his team choose to meet our constitutional responsibilities in Article I? It is not at the end of the Constitution. It is not an amendment. It is Article I of the Constitution to meet our constitutional responsibilities to pass these critical bills to run the government of the United States, or are they going to cede the field again to more uncertainty and chaos?

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“I want Americans to stop political hatred and calm down. Someone recently called in a false child abuse report against Pete Buttigieg and his family. We must call out cruelty and treat each other with kindness.”
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Mr. Speaker, this is not the first time I have urged Americans: Please lower the temperature. Political extremism and dangerous divisions among Americans are still cause for serious reflection. We have seen it time and again throughout our history, and we have seen, sadly, assassination attempts on the President, on former Presidents, on lawmakers at the State and Federal level, Supreme Court Justices, Governors, and many more. Last month, as the LGBTQ community celebrated Pride Month, families nationwide marked Father’s Day. We saw another escalation that compels me to raise the issue of political extremism once again. A cruel and heartless person anonymously sent a false tip to State police in Michigan in an attempt to falsely claim that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, had abused their twin 4-year-old children. Child Protective Services investigated competently and professionally and quickly realized that no abuse had taken place. That false flag proved to be a traumatic experience for the parents and their precious children alike. Dear Citizens of our Nation: Hatred is unacceptable. It is still alive and well in some corners and in some places in America. Call it out. Cruelty must not be our standard, and it should not be allowed without rebuke. I am sorry the Buttigieg family had to endure it. Loving families should live free of bigotry. We all need to lower the political temperature. Be kind. Be kind and be soulful.

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“Canadian wildfires are causing dangerous air pollution in Ohio and harming people's health. We need to work together with Canada to manage forests and fight wildfires.”
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Mr. Speaker, a serious issue is facing our continent. Right now, wildfires are ravaging our neighbors in the Canadian Province of Ontario which Ohio adjoins through Lake Erie. Many First Nation communities have been forced to evacuate. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests have burned. However, our northern neighbors were not the only ones who suffered. Just last week, in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, hazardous air quality ranked among the highest levels in our Nation. As winds blew the smoke into northwestern Ohio, our community was at risk for the grave health concerns that accompany wildfire smoke: asthma attacks, heart attacks, and weakened immune systems. Burning forests remind us that environmental challenges like air pollution and wildfires, which will continue to be exacerbated by climate change, do not stop at national borders. We in the Great Lakes nation must continue to work with our continental neighbor and strongest trading partner to share expertise on forest management and wildfire response. Joint efforts and collaboration are necessary to make both of our countries safer, healthier and more resilient. America belongs to all of us, no matter what side of the border one lives on. As allies working together, we can heal our freshwater and forest systems in our precious, bountiful, and life-sustaining freshwater region.

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“I am congratulating the student-athletes at my old high school, St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio. I especially want to honor the dance team for winning the state championship.”

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Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to return to my alma mater, St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio, earlier this year to join the students at a sports rally that featured student-athletes--a lot of them. The event recognized the senior young women for their achievements. Special recognition was lauded on the 22 members of the dance team who, once again, prevailed as State of Ohio champions this year. These Arrows well represented our State and the academy at the UDA National Dance Team Competition earning a silver placement in jazz and a bronze placement in pom. I was able to present a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol to Coach Morgan Losby and her team of extraordinary dancers--boy, are they precision dancers--as our community honored their stellar performances this season. Mr. Speaker, please allow me to applaud all these disciplined student-athletes at St. Ursula Academy including those in--get ready-- basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, crew, lacrosse, tennis, track and field, soccer, softball, volleyball, and golf, in addition to the dance team. Congratulations to them all for their hard work and perseverance as they enjoy their hard-won plaudits and pursue their passions into the future. We know they will do well.

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“I am honoring Andre Cowell, a high school criminal justice teacher and retired police detective from northwest Ohio. He is a caring educator who supports his students.”

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Mr. Speaker, our northwest Ohio region is lucky to have countless educators who guide our young people and help them grow into strong leaders of tomorrow. One of these educators is Andre Cowell. A retired Toledo detective now teaching criminal justice at Washington Local School District’s Whitmer High School, he brings 25 years of field experience to the classroom. Mr. Cowell’s deep compassion extends to every student he encounters. A former student at Whitmer, Alivia Garcia, who wasn’t even a student of Mr. Cowell’s, spoke so highly of the impact he made on her life, I thought it was worth sharing here in the Halls of Congress. There are such good people everywhere, and he showed her true kindness in the wake of a difficult time in her life following the passing of her boyfriend. Mr. Cowell welcomed her into his classroom when she needed an ear to listen. He let her know if you ever need anything, I am always here, and you know where to find me. He kept his word and stays in touch with Alivia to this day. Mr. Cowell is a shining example of someone worthy of congressional recognition. The Whitmer community in northwestern Ohio is blessed to have an educator like Andre Cowell. He is a model of a man for others, sharing empathy and integrity for the generations to come.

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“I am honoring the life of Paul Hollenbeck. He was an architect who worked quietly to rebuild Toledo and mentor young people.”

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Paul Hollenbeck, an architect, mentor, and rare lifelong community builder. His precious insights to build progress forward in every corner of our city of Toledo is unparalleled. Paul was an astounding, creative, humble citizen, and he embodied the community’s hopes in every nook and cranny, and he rarely got attention. He was very, very humble. He didn’t look for notoriety. He believed deeply that places matter because people matter. He spent his life proving that belief brick by brick, neighborhood by neighborhood, project by project. He was unrelenting. I knew Paul as a friend and as a doer. He didn’t just talk about civic responsibility. He lived it, and he set an example for others to follow. Through his leadership in creating the Toledo Design Collective, his vision for downtown Toledo, or his quiet mentorship of young architects and community leaders, he reimagined the redevelopment of urban spaces and neighborhoods, literally rebuilding America in this new century. He breathed new life into every corner of our community. Paul always demonstrated a focus on the future, and that good design for people is about dignity, access, opportunity, and respect for our built environment. He understood that cities are living places, shaped by generosity and care, and he gave Toledo both. Paul brought people together, listened closely, and always asked how we could do better for the next generation. He leaves behind the Design Collective, The Collaborative building, and revitalized neighborhoods. More importantly, he leaves behind a grateful family, grateful friends, a grateful community, and a civic spirit we all can carry forward by innovating and caring for the precious legacy of our built environment in the largest fresh watershed in the entire Great Lakes. Paul Hollenbeck’s legacy will live on in the voices, the dreams, and the successes that have happened across our region. I say to his family, to his friends, and to the architects with whom he spent so much of his life: Congratulations. Job well-done, Paul Hollenbeck.

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“I want to honor Cassy Dornbusch as she retires after 33 years as an elementary reading specialist in Ohio. She recently won an award as an outstanding teacher, and I thank her for helping students learn to read and believe in themselves.”

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Mr. Speaker, this evening, I have real pleasure to send positive messages forward on so many of the phenomenal citizens that I represent here and their life stories. I rise today to celebrate an extraordinary Ohio educator, Cassy Dornbusch, from Ottawa County, Ohio, Congressional District 9. She was honored by the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools as the Outstanding Elementary Teacher for the 2025-2026 School Year, this year. For 33 years, Cassy has been a reading specialist at Benton-Carroll- Salem and a builder of futures. With patience, compassion, and unwavering belief in every child who walks through her door, she has helped students discover how to read, yes, but more importantly, how to believe in themselves. In every word of encouragement, Cassy shapes the confidence, curiosity, and resilience of young minds. Her impact lives on in the voices, dreams, and successes of her students. As she starts her well-earned retirement, we thank Cassy for her dedication, her heart, and the lasting difference she has made in each and every life. Our rocket future is brighter because of her.

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House of Representatives ·

Affordable Care Act Healthcare Enrollment Drops

“Changes made by Republicans have made healthcare too expensive, and two million Americans have lost their coverage. In Ohio, about one-third of the people who bought insurance through the federal marketplace dropped it this past year. People cannot afford higher monthly costs, and they deserve affordable healthcare.”
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Mr. Speaker, reckless changes to the Affordable Care Act by this administration already have ripped away affordable healthcare coverage for 2 million Americans. Skyrocketing premiums mean healthcare costs too much. Hardworking families simply cannot absorb higher monthly premium costs. My home State of Ohio has been hit the hardest. Almost one-third of marketplace enrollees, 161,385 Ohioans, have dropped their coverage within the last year. That is three times the national average. When hardworking Americans are forced to choose between groceries and healthcare, guess what, Mr. Speaker. They choose food. Between the cuts included in the big bonanza bill for billionaires and its refusal to extend the enhanced premium tax credits, it is clear the GOP’s majority is intent on worsening this health insurance crisis for our relatives and neighbors. Before this administration came into office last year, the number of uninsured Americans was at an all-time low. Now, seniors are struggling to afford prescriptions, parents are skipping doctor visits, and millions have lost healthcare altogether. Mr. Speaker, Ohioans work hard and so do all Americans. They deserve peace of mind and affordable healthcare.

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Troop Deaths in Jordan and Iraq

“Three American service members were killed and dozens were hurt in Jordan and Iraq. President Trump said this conflict with Iran would only last four days, but it has gone on for months with no end in sight. He is spending billions of tax dollars without a vote from Congress. Leaders in Washington must explain what the plan is for winning and for making peace.”
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Mr. Speaker, I rise with profound sorrow over the deaths of three American servicemembers killed in Jordan and Iraq, as dozens more were injured. The hearts of the American people are filled with grief and abiding gratitude to their beloved families, colleagues, and friends. Last February, President Trump told us his undeclared war of choice on Iran was only supposed to last 4 days. We are now on day 143 with no end in sight, heading toward 5 months. Curiously, in June, President Trump said: ``It is a little bit unfair for [Iran] not to have some’’ ballistic missiles. Their missiles claimed the lives of 25-year-old James Feehan of Hawaii, 19-year-old Isabella Gonzales of Texas, and the life of a soldier whose name we don’t yet know, plus dozens of injured troops. Billions of tax dollars are being spent and shifted by the Trump administration, ballooning our gaping Federal debt, without an approval vote by Congress. May God bless our troops. May the leaders of the President’s party and our U.S. House and Senate answer the vital questions: What does victory in the Middle East look like? Across the region, where thus far the only troops on the ground are soldiers from the United States, where is the coalition for peace?

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Justice for Northwest Ohio Ratepayers

“An energy company took more than $1 billion from Ohio customers in a major bribery and corruption scandal, and now they want to raise power bills again. I introduced a bill to hold these executives accountable and give that money back to the public. I want the Energy and Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on my bill right away.”

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Mr. Speaker, justice delayed is justice denied. That couldn’t be more true for the thousands of honest, hardworking people and businesses I represent in northwestern Ohio. They were wronged for decades by the largest nuclear power corruption scandal in both American and Ohio history. First Energy took the public’s money to buy influence and bail out failing nuclear plants, costing the public over $1 billion and counting, at a minimum. That is money stripped from families and our local economy. Just weeks ago, First Energy visited the Public Utility Commission of Ohio seeking to raise electricity bills again--this time for 3 more years. This follows a mistrial declared in the spring in the State in its ongoing corruption case and Federal litigation that is ongoing for conspiracy, wire fraud, and bribery. It is over time to recover the money taken and return it to the ratepayers. Nuclear power executives must be held accountable. The Ratepayer Justice Act I just introduced yesterday would do just that. Mr. Speaker, I call on the Energy and Commerce Committee to act with dispatch to schedule a hearing on this important bill. Mr. Speaker, let’s get to the bottom of this once and for all and return the public’s money.

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Honoring Betty Ann Amison-Lewis

“I am honoring Betty Ann Amison-Lewis, who died recently. She started Toledo's Grace Community Center and spent decades helping local parents, children, and seniors.”
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Mr. Speaker, tonight, I rise to honor the life and legacy of Toledo resident Betty Ann Amison-Lewis, a community builder. An erudite woman with a true servant’s heart, Betty looked for every opportunity she could to serve our community of northwest Ohio. As founding director of Toledo’s Grace Community Center, Betty devoted decades to others with the same grace for which the community center was named. She supported young men and women as they navigated parenthood. She offered after-school care to thousands of children and reinvigorated Toledo seniors with a sense of belonging. Our community will miss Betty deeply. We grieve with her loved ones. Our community celebrates her life and will remember her fondly for the tenacity with which she served others. Her life and legacy will live on in the unrelenting mission of Grace Community Center to better the lives of northwest Ohio families. To her husband, Morris; her children, Yvette, Anika, Chantel, Alvin, Alysha; stepchildren, Morris, Terrance, Myron; and her beloved grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other family and friends who will miss her dearly, know that she was profoundly grateful and awed by your love. May Betty’s good work and positive energy live on in your minds and hearts. Her amazing spirit is invincible, and I know it is alive and at work in our community and world. May her life be blessed.

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Adjournment

“I move that the House end work for the day.”
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Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 6 p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 11 a.m.

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Iran, Hormuz, Inflation

“President Trump's war with Iran has lasted almost six months and costs taxpayers $1 billion a day. His blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is making gas and everyday prices go up. Americans cannot afford this war, and Congress should not spend another half-trillion dollars on it.”
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Mr. Speaker, today marks the 137th day of President Trump’s undeclared war of choice on Iran. He originally said it would last no more than 4 days. It is now day 137, and we are headed toward month 6, one-half of a year, costing taxpayers $1 billion a day. The cost of this war is being borne by hardworking families all across our country, already costing them over $100 billion or more added to the U.S. debt. The war is spreading. The President has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz through which 20 percent of the world’s trade flows. He has turned the U.S. Navy into a traffic cop for the strait as his blockade resumed, and the Navy is charged with charging vessels 20 percent, a 20 percent tariff for passing through, which means prices are going up. Gas prices had begun to subside a little bit, but they just went back up. I just paid $4.35 a gallon. Diesel is much higher. One farmer I spoke to last week told me that his fertilizer prices shot up from $90 to $500. This yin-yang is destabilizing. How sad it is that the President says he doesn’t think about Americans’ finances when he makes his decisions. Mr. Speaker, our people simply cannot afford the latest war in the Middle East. They are telling us that enough is enough. One-half trillion dollars more for war? No.

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