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Hearing Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding request of June 24, 2026.
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 12 transcript matches
GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E. "You also say that you made the missile program, quote, destroyed and made combat ineffective. Quote, Iran's entire ballistic missile production"
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Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"You also say that you made the missile program, quote, destroyed and made combat ineffective. Quote, Iran's entire ballistic missile production"
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"That was a press release from your department. Is that a broadly accurate characterization of ongoing operations? On day 14 of this conflict, Mr. Secretary, day 14, nearly five months ago, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and, quote, made combat ineffective. That was on day 14 of the war. Was that an accurate statement? Mr. Secretary, you stated that on day 14 of this conflict, in the second week of the conflict, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote,..."
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"On day 14 of this conflict, Mr. Secretary, day 14, nearly five months ago, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and, quote, made combat ineffective. That was on day 14 of the war. Was that an accurate statement? Mr. Secretary, you stated that on day 14 of this conflict, in the second week of the conflict, you stated that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and, quote, made combat ineffective. Was that an accurate statement? That's not what I asked you, Mr...."
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"That was now nearly four months ago. Three weeks after you'd already said Iran's military was destroyed and combat ineffective, you said, quote, Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory. You said Iran's military had been rendered, quote, combat ineffective for years to come. you said, quote, Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory. You said Iran's military had been rendered, quote, combat ineffective for years to come. Had Iran's military been rendered,..."
Testimony PETE HEGSETH
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"It certainly was, on behalf of the men and women in uniform, a historic military victory over Iran. That was a statement that you made- They had 160 naval vessels in the Blue Water Navy and they're gone. You need to answer the questions, Mr. Secretary. Their Air Force is completely combat-ineffective- You said four months ago. It's a defense-industrial base. Excuse me, Mr. Secretary. So describe to me a country that doesn't have an Air Force, a Navy, or a defense-industrial base- Mr. Secretary...."
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Mr. Secretary, you stated four months ago that Iran's military had been rendered, quote, combat-ineffective for years to come. Has Iran's military been, for the last four months, combat-ineffective? Has Iran's military been, for the last four months,"
Testimony PETE HEGSETH
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"No one ever stated that every single missile was gone. Ultimately, combat-ineffective means they're not able to dig them out of their UGFs and shoot at us. It doesn't mean they don't have underground facilities where they put missiles in them and hold on to them because they're the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. So we never expected they would stop having capabilities to"
Testimony OSSOFF, JON
Hearings to examine a review of the President's supplemental funding r...
senate Appropriations Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Does that remain your prediction? So just to review, you will not answer whether your statement made on the 14th day of the war that Iran's military had been, quote, destroyed and made combat-ineffective was a truthful statement to the American people as you sit here and ask for tens of billions more for the"
Testimony TITUS, DINA
Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America Fi...
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026
"We've taken different forms of leadership out, but we've actually left their military alone. People would be surprised to hear that. Well, I'm very surprised to hear it because we've had Secretary Hegseth say repeatedly that epic fury decimated Iran's military and rendered it combat ineffective for years to come. You've said the Iranian Navy is at the bottom of the sea and they have no air force"
Testimony LUTTRELL, MORGAN
“Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the...
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"there conducted amazing operations and rescued over 230 people and your rescue swimmers do amazing things off of each of our coasts and they put themselves in positions that most likely sometimes when they jump in the water they know they're not coming back and I'm assuming our rescue swimmers are continuing to to just off our coasts? That's correct. And that's that lends itself to national security correct? Yes sir. Mr. Anderson as far as CISA goes at what point if we don't have the ability to..."
Hearing Department of State FY 2027 Budget Request: A Commitment to America First Foreign Policy
house Foreign Affairs Committee · Jun 3, 2026 · Transcript
TITUS, DINA "We've taken different forms of leadership out, but we've actually left their military alone. People would be surprised to hear that. Well, I'm very surprised to hear it because we've had Secretary Hegseth say repeatedly that epic fury decimated Iran's military and rendered it combat ineffective for years to come. You've said the Iranian Navy is at the bottom of the sea and they have no air force"
Hearing “Funding Lapse and Security Gaps: Assessing the Harmful Impacts of the DHS Shutdown on Americans”
house Homeland Security Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
LUTTRELL, MORGAN "there conducted amazing operations and rescued over 230 people and your rescue swimmers do amazing things off of each of our coasts and they put themselves in positions that most likely sometimes when they jump in the water they know they're not coming back and I'm assuming our rescue swimmers are continuing to to just off our coasts? That's correct. And that's that lends itself to national security correct? Yes sir. Mr. Anderson as far as CISA goes at what point if we don't have the ability to pay our employees and they start to leave just as well as turnover at what point will CISA be..."
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