WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Yesterday, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin and 43 of their Senate colleagues to demand (https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Letter-on-Iran-War-Cost-Transparency-to-Secretary-Hegseth_Slotkin.pdf) a full accounting of the costs of President Trump's reckless war of choice with Iran. The senators also criticized the President's Department of Defense leadership for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpayer costs continue to increase.
"Meanwhile, at home, American taxpayers have already paid an extra $100 billion ...