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Senator Markey on CNN Explaining how Gas Prices will Continue to Soar Amid Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 03:13

And he should do that. Otherwise, we are about to get into a quagmire and and it will ultimately wind up much worse than it has so far. He's now looking for a blank check of $200 billion from the Republicans in Congress to keep it going indefinitely. And Cog island would just be the beginning of yet another stage of invoking the law of unintended consequences on steroids, which this entire war has been right from the beginning. (03:13–03:20)

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Asserts that the administration seeks $200 billion from Congress to continue the war indefinitely.

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