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Steny Hoyer: “We have spent apparently somewhere in the neighborhood of 79…”

Featuring: Steny Hoyer, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, 5th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 03:27

At that point in time, the Congress nor the President responded in a vigorous way that would say, no sir, you cannot do that. Today we have a bill that has a trillion dollars plus in it. We have spent apparently somewhere in the neighborhood of 79 billion over the last four months for an effort in Iran. The failure to respond effectively to Crimea's theft and the extraordinary chaos and ineffective action that we have taken, which I call the art of the sellout. There's no deal. (03:27–03:39)

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Asserts that approximately $79 billion has been spent on efforts in Iran over the past four months.

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