WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday questioned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about President Trump's objectives in his disastrous war with Iran during a hearing on the administration's request for nearly $70 billion in supplemental funding to enable more of their devastating military missteps abroad. Murphy also pushed Hegseth to provide the American people with answers about how much taxpayer money has been spent to retrofit a luxury jet that Qatar gifted to Trump. Murphy pressed Hegseth not to permit Trump's corrupt plans to take the taxpayer-funded plane with him for personal use once he leaves of...