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The pursuing is the transcript of the interrogation with Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado, that aired connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" connected March 22, 2026.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined present by Colorado Democratic Congressman Jason Crow. Welcome back.
REP. JASON CROW: Thanks, Margaret.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So you beryllium connected the House Intelligence Committee. This past week, you heard the Director of National Intelligence attest astir Iran's capabilities, saying we wouldn't spot an ICBM that would, successful theory, beryllium the happening that would transportation a atomic warhead close to American shores. She said they wouldn't person 1 until 2035 if they adjacent tried astatine all. Is- what- are you acrophobic she was wrong? Because Israel is saying that what was fired was an ICBM that was aimed astatine this U.S., U.K. base.
REP. CROW: Yeah, she could beryllium wrong, and we have- evidently person to dive into the intelligence. The question has ne'er been whether oregon not Iran poses a menace oregon a bid of threats to the United States, but that's wherever the investigation begins, not erstwhile the investigation ends. Right? We person tons of threats. Kim Jong Un poses a threat. Putin poses a threat. We person threats astir the world. The question is, what bash we bash astir it? And close now, we've spent $20 cardinal successful the archetypal 2 weeks of this warfare alone, 1 and a fractional cardinal dollars a day. Americans are paying $300 cardinal a time other vigor prices. The panic menace astir the satellite against the United States and Americans is spreading. And there's nary off-ramp. We person nary strategy and nary end-game. This is simply a messiness by immoderate definition, and present we person to fig retired what we bash from here.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So nary timeline beyond the 4 to six weeks has been briefed oregon shared with Congress astatine this point.
REP. CROW: No, no, we are not getting the accusation from this, this administration. They started this warfare without legislature authorization. There's nary imminent threat. They really person adjacent stopped trying to unreal determination was an imminent threat, which is what is indispensable for the president to instrumentality enactment without legislature approval. So present present we are spending tens of billions of dollars of payer money, losing American lives. Congress isn't involved. We've been stonewalled. The American radical are not successful the driver's spot here, right? Because Congress has been sidelined successful this they are the ones that request to person the dependable and whether oregon not they're going to nonstop their sons and daughters to spell combat this war, whether oregon not they're going to concern it. It's clip for this to end.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Let's instrumentality a break. I person much to speech to you astir connected the different broadside of it, truthful each of you, delight enactment with us. We'll beryllium close back.
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MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome backmost to Face The Nation. We instrumentality present to our speech with Colorado Congressman Jason Crow. Before we permission the taxable of Iran, I bash privation to inquire you, past Sunday connected this program, the White House economical advisor Kevin Hassett said the warfare was up of schedule. And portion it was up to the fund office, helium didn't deliberation the medication would request immoderate benignant of supplemental funding. But past days later, Secretary Hegseth seemed to corroborate the Pentagon needed arsenic overmuch arsenic $200 billion.
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far arsenic $200 cardinal I deliberation that fig could move. Obviously, it takes, it takes wealth to termination atrocious guys. So we're going backmost to Congress and folks determination to guarantee that we're decently funded for what's been done, for what we whitethorn person to bash successful the future.
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MARGARET BRENNAN: I cognize you're opposed to the war, but is determination a mode to operation this woody wherever you would beryllium comfy with further funds?
REP. CROW: No, if they deliberation I'm going to ballot for hundreds of billions of dollars for an unauthorized war, a warfare they didn't travel to Congress for, a warfare they haven't fixed an mentation to the American radical for what we're doing and not doing, however it's going to end, however we're protecting our work members. And connected apical of that, the- House Republicans gave DOD, $150 cardinal slush money past summertime arsenic portion of Donald Trump's big, disfigured bill, and connected apical of that, they accidental they're going to travel and inquire for a 1 and a fractional trillion dollar defence budget. And the Department of Defense, to this day, can't walk an audit. They can't archer america wherever each their worldly is, wherever they're spending each their money. So I'm not astir to propulsion wealth astatine a DOD that can't walk an audit, is sitting connected wealth that they already haven't accounted for and haven't spent and to perpetuate an unauthorized warfare that is not successful America's interest.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I cognize you're a veteran, but you cognize that the accusation volition beryllium made that Democrats conscionable don't enactment the troops.
REP. CROW: There is, of course, that's what they're going to say. But determination is plentifulness of wealth wrong DOD for subject families, for troops, for barracks. I person guaranteed that I beryllium connected the Armed Services Committee, and I volition proceed to propulsion guardant and ballot to marque definite our troops, our subject is taken attraction of, that we person the subject that we request to support America. What I'm not going to bash is conscionable propulsion wealth astatine the Iran war, which they're present admitting is simply a war. This cannot continue. We spent 20 years successful Iraq and Afghanistan, trillions of dollars. It ends here. It indispensable extremity here.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Tell me, though, arsenic a Democrat, due to the fact that Congress is scheduled to spell connected abrogation soon, a batch of TSA agents aren't receiving paychecks due to the fact that of this democratic-led backing shutdown, due to the fact that of a request to alteration migration policy, thing the White House has not made immoderate concessions* connected that I cognize of to date. This is successful the Senate, but arsenic a Democrat, I mean, look astatine Denver airdrome adjacent your district. They're asking radical to donate acquisition cards for TSA agents to marque ends meet. The airdrome says, you know, this is simply a immense generator successful presumption of what the airdrome does for the region. This is hurting your community. How bash you proceed to support the shutdown?
REP. CROW: I'm going to beryllium truly wide that this is simply a Republican shutdown--
MARGARET BRENNAN: --The Republicans said--
REP. CROW: --Just yesterday–
MARGARET BRENNAN: --fund it all.
REP. CROW: Just yesterday, the U.S. Senate held a vote, and Senate Democrats enactment up an authorization to money everything but for crystal and CBP, that's Coast Guard, that's TSA, that's cybersecurity. Every azygous Senate Republican voted against it. In the House, we really person a bill, Rosa DeLauro and Hakeem Jeffries. We person a cleanable measure that would unit a ballot to unfastened up everything, to money everything but for ICE and CBP. Republicans are stopping it. They're not adjacent allowing a ballot connected that bill. So we are acceptable to go. They are successful power of every--
MARGARET BRENNAN: But successful the meantime those radical are--
REP. CROW: --facet of government--
MARGARET BRENNAN: --are near stuck. We're astir to beryllium successful outpouring break, dense postulation season.
REP. CROW: They are successful power of each constituent of government. They're successful power of what we ballot for and don't ballot for. We are saying, let's unfastened it backmost up. Let's money Coast Guard. Let's money FEMA. Let's money TSA. Let's money cybersecurity, which, by the way, we request due to the fact that we conscionable started a warfare with Iran, which has a immense cyber capability. We privation to money it. We're acceptable to money it. We volition instrumentality the votes tomorrow. They're stopping that vote. They ain this shutdown.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Congressman Crow, convey you precise overmuch for your clip today. We'll beryllium close back.
*Editor's Note: The White House submitted a missive to Congress connected March 17 outlining immoderate concessions the medication is consenting to make.
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