[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        COST OF THE WAR IN IRAN

  (Mr. KHANNA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, the war in Iran is crushing the economy here 
at home. Working-class and middle-class Americans are struggling.
  Today, I read that the price of gas has gone up 27 percent in just 2 
weeks. Every day, we are spending $2 billion of American money in Iran.
  To put that in perspective, for 20 days in Iran, we could have free 
public college for every American. We could have a thousand new trade 
schools. We could have childcare at $10 a day for working-class 
Americans.
  Today, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and I are introducing the Big Oil 
Windfall Profits Tax Act for oil companies. They need to be paying a 
tax, and that money needs to go back in the pockets of ordinary 
Americans who are struggling at the pump.
  Instead of putting more money into Iran, we need a Marshall Plan for 
the United States of America. The Democrats stand for America's economy 
first, building jobs here, childcare here, and healthcare here.
  Let's focus on our people and our communities instead of draining 
more money to the war in the Middle East.

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