Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congressman Ro Khanna issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced the Illegal War Refund Act, legislation that would require the federal government to refund Americans for the economic costs they have borne as a result of the Trump Administration's illegal and unauthorized war in Iran. The bill would require the federal government to calculate the war's economic impact on American taxpayers and cut the Department of Defense budget by that amount, returning the money directly to American tax filers and their dependents.
The war in Iran has driven up costs for American families through higher gas prices, food prices, interest rates, and inflation. Moody's Analytics Chief Econom...