BREAKING NEWS: Shouting Match Erupts Between Ro Khanna And Pete Hegseth Over Iran War Questioning

As a gentleman from California, Mr. Khanna.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.Secretary Hegseth, tomorrow is two months since the war has begun.You've testified that it was $25 billion in cost in terms of the munitions we used and what we paid for it.But when you add to that the damage that was done to our bases and today's dollars for buying replacement munitions and replacement aircrafts, what has the total cost been over the last 60 days?

That number right now reflects the total cost that we're seeing.

including buying in today's dollars the new weapons and replacements and including the damage there?That's your testimony?

If there's adjustments to that, I would defer to the Comptroller on that.

And how much are you seeing in terms of, are you asking in terms of supplemental funding just for the Iran mission from this committee?

If and when a supplemental is submitted, the majority of it would not just be for, would not be for epic fury, it would be for munitions related to the entirety of what we want to get done.

A number, what would you submit?

It would be within the, on Iran it would be less than 25 billion, but there's a lot more we would ask for beyond.

You're saying it's 25 billion.Okay, I would just, if you come back you want to revise those numbers because all the experts are disagreeing with you when it comes to today's dollars in damage, but you can revise it.How much did it cost American taxpayers in terms of the strike to the Iranian school where kids were killed?Do you have that number in terms of the missiles we used?

As I've said, that unfortunate situation remains under investigation.

You don't know how much it costs the taxpayer?

But I wouldn't tie a cost to that to anything.

That's a reasonable question.No, sir.I mean, our taxpayer money was going there.Do you know how much it will cost Americans in terms of their increased cost in gas and food over the next year because of the Iran war?

I would simply ask you what the cost is of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

I'm going to give you that opportunity.I would simply ask you what the cost is.playing gotcha questions about domestic things.You're saying it's a gotcha question to ask what it's going to be in terms of the increased cost of gas?

Why won't you answer what it costs to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb?

I give you that, sir, but let me...What would it cost?

What would you pay to ensure Iran doesn't get a nuclear bomb?

What would you pay?Sir, can I reclaim my time?Do you not know, you and no one do the analysis of what the increased cost of gas and food on the American people are going to be?What is the cost of Iran holding that strait at issue with nuclear weapons?It's $631 billion, which means it's an increase of $5 ,000 a year for American households.Now, let me give you this point.

You're saying that your operation is preventing a nuclear Iran.Will you acknowledge that there is an economic cost to the American people for doing what you believe is necessary to make Iran denuclear?Will you acknowledge the economic cost?We have an incredible economic team that's managing this better than anyone.

What the previous administration did to our economy?

What the previous administration did with inflation?What the previous administration did with COVID?And you're going to lecture this administration about the economy?Incredible.You didn't even do the analysis on how much it's costing the American people.It's one thing if you said, OK, it costs the American people $5 ,000, but we think it's worth it.

That's what we've done in World War II and other wars.Here's what it costs.You got to pay for it.You don't even know.what the average American is paying.You don't know what we paid in terms of the missiles that hit the Iranian school.

You don't know what we're paying in terms of gas.You don't know what we're paying in terms of food.Your $25 billion number is totally off.It's the incompetence.It's the incompetence.Let me ask you this.

Certainly, maybe here we'll find agreement.There is still 440 pounds of low -enriched uranium, correct, when President Obama, after the JCPOA, is that accurate?

The amounts and types are classified.

Okay.Will you acknowledge that there were 970 pounds of uranium enriched after Trump tore up the JCPOA?

The JCPOA was a terrible deal that allowed Iran a path to a nuclear bomb.

You deal with vague platitudes.I'm asking you about numbers.You don't know what gas costs, you don't know what food costs, you don't know what the operation costs.You know, I get soundbites, but How about numbers?Do you know how much the enriched uranium was after you ripped up the JCPOA?Trump did.

I'll give you a number.I know that, as was stated early on, the price of gas is twice as expensive in California, your home state, as anywhere else in the country, because of the horrible policies your state pursued.

You know what?It used to be that that type of stuff worked.And then you started to lose the people that you campaigned, you said you wanted to be for.Because you said you wouldn't get us into bad wars.You said you wouldn't, you would bring down the prices.You know what I'm sad for?

I'm sad for all the people who voted for Trump.I'm sad for them because you betrayed them.You betrayed a lot of that MAGA base.And you know who knows that?J .D.

Vance knows that.Gentlemen from Nebraska, Mr. Bacon.