{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gabe-vasquez-demands-answers-true-cost-iran-war-new-mexican-families", "Rep. Gabe Vasquez Demands Answers on True Cost of Iran War for New Mexican Families", "2026-08-27", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Gabe Vasquez", "V000136", "vasquez.house.gov", "vasquez", "https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) sent a letter to President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth demanding a full public accounting of the economic costs of their cost-raising war of choice with Iran as prices continue to skyrocket for American families.\n\n\"What was billed as a two-week operation is now a full-scale war that has lasted for over 150 days, cost at least $37 billion, and claimed the lives of 18 servicemembers. At the same time, prices across the country have gone up significantly, placing the burden of this conflict on American families.\u201d wrote Vasquez. \u201cThis uncertainty, and the months of higher costs have taken a toll, impacting Americans\u2019 ability to budget, plan, and save for the future. These costs are untenable, and the American people deserve better.\"\n\n\u201cThe President lied to the American people about no more forever wars. It\u2019s clear there is no exit plan or any sense of a coherent strategy while prices surge at the gas pump and the grocery store, deeply hurting everyday Americans,\u201d said Vasquez. \u201cThis war is costing taxpayers billions, skyrocketing our national debt, depleting our critical munitions stockpile, and putting our servicemen and women in continued danger. Americans deserve to know the true cost of this war, and I can already tell you, it\u2019s too damn much.\u201d\n\nThe letter demands for information on the cost of military operations, changes in the oil and energy markets, and larger economic impacts. The request follows the Department of Defense\u2019s supplemental request for tens of billions more to fund the ongoing war in Iran and concerns about the risks for American military personnel.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.\n\nRep. Vasquez has led the charge to hold the Administration accountable for the war in Iran and bring down prices for New Mexicans:\n\nPressed Pentagon officials on the Iran War cost, strategy and lack of exit plan.\n\nCalling for answers from the Administration on how the war is spiking gas prices in New Mexico.\n\nPushing his Affordability Agenda to lower costs for hardworking New Mexico families.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://vasquez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-gabe-vasquez-demands-answers-true-cost-iran-war-new-mexican-families"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.201379043981433, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}