{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-presses-defense-secretary-hegseth-on-iran-war-as-pentagon-requests-additional-70-billion", "VIDEO: Peters Presses Defense Secretary Hegseth on Iran War as Pentagon Requests Additional $70 Billion", "2026-07-22", "2026", "2026-07", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Gary C. Peters", "P000595", "www.peters.senate.gov", "garypeters", "https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Following the Department of Defense\u2019s request for an additional nearly $70 billion for the ongoing war in Iran, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on his failure to execute a clear winning strategy to end the conflict. During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Peters expressed his frustrations with the Trump Administration\u2019s repeated contradictions about the state of the war and inability to complete our military objectives.\n\n\u201cYou, sir, are the failure. Not the men and women who are on that front line. Not the men and women who hold up their honor with distinction. But, if there\u2019s a lack of a winning strategy, they\u2019re in harm\u2019s way, their leaders have failed them, and that\u2019s what\u2019s happening,\u201d said Peters during the hearing. \u201cYou don't have a strategy. You don\u2019t have a long-term plan to actually win this war. Win the war. The men and women are going to be able to do it, but they need to have leadership. When will you show leadership?\u201d\n\nTo watch the full video of Senator Peters\u2019 questioning, click here.\n\nDuring his questioning, Peters also highlighted the Administration\u2019s lack of strategy and inability to maintain a consistent military objective in the war, noting that our goals have shifted from regime change, to destroying Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities, to seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz.\n\n\u201cWithout a clear winning strategy, we\u2019re at risk of being in another forever war that will put our servicemembers in continued harm\u2019s way and continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars,\u201d said Peters during the hearing. \u201cSecretary Hegseth, despite your failure to win this war, you are back now before Congress asking for almost $70 billion in additional funding. You are asking the American people for a blank check because, once again, the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts have been an utter and complete failure to win this war to this point.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-23T07:31:02Z", "2026-07-23T07:32:26Z"]], "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://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/video-peters-presses-defense-secretary-hegseth-on-iran-war-as-pentagon-requests-additional-70-billion"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4154717102646828, "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"}