WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after arriving in Doha, Qatar on a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to the Middle East, where he will also visit Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Sen. Murphy is the first Democratic Senator to visit the Gulf since the start of the Iran War.
"I want to see firsthand the impact of the Iran War, the damage it's caused to our facilities in the region, and how it's harmed our relationships with partners in the region.
"We know that Donald Trump has no clear plan to resolve the Iran War, which has now cost the American taxpayer over $45 billion. Pete Hegseth has been hiding the cost of the war, the extent o...