WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, partnered with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to lead a coalition of lawmakers-including Oregon's U.S. Senator Ron Wyden-in urging the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to determine the true cost of war in Iran and set the record straight regarding inaccurate and incomplete estimates provided by the Trump Administration.
"The American people deserve to know the true costs of this conflict, and they deserve transparency and honesty when their government commits the nation to war," wrote the Senators.
On April 29, t...