[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 22, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H5028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BRING YOUR CHIPS TO THE TABLE

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Hegseth said we have spent $37 billion on 
an unnecessary--he didn't say an ``unnecessary'' war, but it is an 
unnecessary and failed war in Iran--$37 billion and lost 17 soldiers. 
He says he is going to ask for another $70 billion to fight this 
unnecessary and failing war.
  We have resolved the fact that we can stop Iran from having a nuclear 
weapon when Barack Obama was President and negotiated a treaty.
  Right now, we don't know if they have moved the enriched uranium 
outside of the place where it was buried underneath a mountain or not. 
It is suspected they might have. It is a failed war.
  Mr. Speaker, I will be willing to vote for a bill that has $70 
billion in it when President Trump pays his share by paying his taxes 
on the $2.2 billion he earned last year, mostly in crypto, which cost 
the people that bought crypto a billion dollars. That is what they 
lost. When Trump pays his share, I will pay my share and vote for it. I 
won't vote for it otherwise.
  President Trump, bring your chips to the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to direct their 
comments to the Chair.

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