Top Republican in Congress shrugs off economic risks of Iran war ahead of U.S. midterms - Reuters

"I don't think we could have waited on what's happening in Iran."

— Mike Johnson , Politician

"Every day is another day closer to the election."

— Thom Tillis , Politician

"Any time that you're in a military action like this one, you always recognize that there are costs involved with it."

— Mike Rounds , Politician

"I think that there will be, hopefully, a cessation of this in the not-too-distant future, at which time my assumption is that that’ll stabilize a bit."

— John Thune , Politician

"Americans don’t want a war that raises the price of gas at the pump."

— Chuck Schumer , Politician

"Trump is raising prices at home while razing countries abroad."

— Ed Markey , Politician

"The administration knew energy prices would be an issue."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"Is there a strategy? Is there a goal? Because right now, all of that seems missing."

— Martin Heinrich , Politician

"Our Constitution and laws say that a president cannot take our country to war without Congressional authorization unless there’s an imminent threat to our country."

— Ed Case , Politician

"It was abundantly clear that if Iran came under attack by anyone, the United States or Israel or anyone, they were going to respond."

— Marco Rubio , Politician

"a terrible decision that contradicts his campaign promise to end so-called forever wars."

— Brian Schatz , Politician

"The President's decision to launch Operation Epic Fury is one that presidents of both parties have contemplated for more than fifty years, but none had the courage to execute."

— Karoline Leavitt , Politician

"The juxtaposition between a successful State of the Union address that focused on affordability and the economic issues that voters care about and going to war in the Middle East days later is not just whiplash-inducing, it's head-spinning."

— Rob Godfrey , Other