The Real Costs of the War in Iran

Congresswoman Sykes spoke on the House floor this week about the real cost of President Trump’s war with Iran. Last week our nation lost six American service members in a tragic aircraft crash over Iraq. Among them were three Ohioans serving in the Ohio Air National Guard: Capt. Seth Koval, Capt. Curtis Angst, and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons. These were brave men who answered the call to serve their country. Each of these men has families, friends, and communities that will carry this loss forever. Since President Trump dragged us into this war with Iran, more than a dozen Americans have already died. That’s more than a dozen families who received the worst phone call imaginable and more than a dozen communities across the country that are now mourning someone who stepped forward to serve. And while those families are paying the ultimate price, Americans here at home are feeling the consequences of this war in another way. Gas prices, oil prices, and the cost of nearly everything else are skyrocketing. Families feel it every time they fill up their tanks, every trip to the grocery store, and in the cost of food at the market. Their paychecks are not stretching as far because of Trump’s reckless decisions.