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Angus King: “The price of gas and diesel is costing Americans about 700…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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CNN News Central 4.30.26

Published | Video Starts at 01:48

One of the questions I'm interested in is did they talk about before starting this war, the possibility of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz? Because right now just The price of gas and diesel is costing Americans about 700 million a day in addition to the cost of the war. And I'm also interested in that $25 billion estimate. That's considerably below numbers that that I've seen before this hearing. Yeah. (01:48–01:57)

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Asserts that the war is adding $700 million daily to the cost of gas and diesel for Americans.

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