Chris Murphy: “We have to make sure, as a subcommittee, that we are protecting CBO and allowing you to do the nonpartisan, fact-based…”

It’s important to recognize there are things we need to work on together: ending the war in Iran and a pathway to Palestinian statehood.

I’ve been a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince. But, I think it’s important to be here to disagree and be honest and candid about those disagreements.

I plan to see for myself the damage to American facilities, hear from our partners in the Gulf about how this war has hurt their security and their economies, and assess our regional counterterrorism efforts.

This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told…