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Ruben Gallego: “It is now costing us a billion dollars a day.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Senator Ruben Gallego's Keynote Remarks┃FP4A's 2026 Leadership Summit

Published | Video Starts at 02:03

From day one, they thought this would be an easy war, something that I've heard before and experienced, unfortunately. And Iran wouldn't push back. They were deeply wrong. It is now costing us a billion dollars a day. A billion dollars. Think about what we could do with a billion dollars besides build a ballroom. Think we could do first schools you could do for our bridges. (02:03–02:07)

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Asserts that the war in Iran costs the U.S. a billion dollars per day.

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