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John Cornyn: “The United States doesn't depend on that transit through…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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U.S. Senator John Cornyn discusses latest poll with Ken Paxton, DHS shutdown, war against Iran

Published | Video Starts at 13:46

And I think hopefully this will wind down relatively soon, as soon as we get the Straits of Hormuz, the Strait of Hormuz open to energy traffic, because of course, we've seen the impact on oil and gas prices around the world, even though The United States doesn't depend on that transit through those Strait of Hormuz very much. I think it's about 2% of what we use. It still has impact on what is now a global commodity. Do you support the Pentagon's request for an additional $200 billion for the war? I do. (13:46–13:54)

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Asserts that only about 2% of U.S. energy use depends on the Strait of Hormuz.

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