Secretary Hegseth, you're requesting billions of dollars in supplemental funding for a war that you said would last for weeks and that the president has no plan or ability to end. At the same time, This still unauthorized and extremely unpopular war has caused gas, diesel, fertilizer and other essentials that New Yorkers and our farmers need across the country and has become much more expensive. So how do I go back to New York and what would you say to them who are seeing their health care bills rise because massive cuts to Medicaid, they've seen their grocery and gas bills rise. (00:14–00:31)
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Asserts that an unauthorized war has increased the cost of essentials like gas, diesel, and fertilizer.
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