Bonus Exchange of the Day

Speaker Mike Johnson took questions from Manu Raju of CNN:

RAJU: It’s been more than two weeks since this war against Iran was launched, yet the House has not had a single public hearing with a cabinet official about the cost to American taxpayers and service members. Why not?

JOHNSON: I don’t know if you’ve noticed but they’ve given us multiple briefings.

RAJU: But a public hearing.

JOHNSON: We’re in the midst of a couple of weeks’ long operation that’s very sensitive, and you cannot go outside of a classified briefing to give to the public the information because it would adversely affect our mission.