WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, assailed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NM-Lv-0A-0) for failures on multiple fronts, chiefly funding adversaries Russia and Iran even in the middle of President Trump's war of choice with Iran. The exchange occurred at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on President Trump's budget request.
Senator Coons opened his questioning by going after Secretary Bessent for filling Iran's coffers through permitting unsanctioned oil sales while the United States is at war with the country, noting that it exceeded the funds relea...