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On the recordJune 18, 2026
As gas prices eclipse $6 a gallon in many places, as Americans are killed, as new wars break out in the region, as farms go bankrupt with the ballooning diesel prices, every single day this war has gone on, it has become a worse debacle for the United States and the American people.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senate floor speech on the Iran war agreement.

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