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Schatz Condemns Trump's $1 Billion Ballroom Funding Request As Americans Struggle With Rising Costs

Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:46

It's a billion dollar ballroom so he can throw fancy parties for his rich friends. People in Hawaii and all across the country are struggling just to get by. Grocery prices are rising at the fastest rate in years because Trump's war in Iran is driving up shipping and fertilizer costs. Electricity bills continue to outpace inflation with no end in sight, leaving one in three American struggling to pay their utility bills. (03:46–03:55)

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Asserts that Trump's actions in Iran are causing grocery prices to rise due to increased shipping and fertilizer costs.

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“A billion dollars could cover out-of-pocket costs for insulin for every person in Hawaii for almost 20 years.”
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“We could help to provide healthy meals to women, infants, and children in need for almost 40 years [with a billion dollars].”
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“We could cover the cost of child care for nearly every child under three in Hawaii for an entire year [with a billion dollars].”
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“We could cover tuition for every in-state undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii for close to a decade [with a billion dollars].”
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“Republicans plan to give Donald Trump a billion dollars for, of all things, a ballroom.”
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“The ballroom started out, in Trump's own words, as quote, taxpayer free.”
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“Electricity bills continue to outpace inflation with no end in sight, leaving one in three Americans struggling to pay their utility bills.”
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“Millions of others are paying thousands more for the same plan [due to health care cuts].”
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